The Nonprofit Summer Slide
Innovative ideas for preventing summer learning loss in children might benefit nonprofits too.
Social Issues - Articles
Context Deficit Disorder
Do we know what we're talking about when we use the term privacy?
Natural Capital: A New Force in Strategic Planning
The concept of natural capital is catching on with strategic planners, enhancing both corporate sustainability and bottom lines.
Review
Climate Soldiers
The Climate War: True Believers, Power Brokers, and the Fight to Save the Earth by Eric Pooley
Can the Secondary Education Gap Be Closed?
Africa is failing to meet the demand for secondary education, which is fueled by the region’s rising youth population.
Podcast
Paul Pastorek and Andres Alonso - Education: Tackling the Turnaround Challenge
Can schools be turned around, and can the system change? Yes, say an experienced district and state school leader in this panel discussion during the Driving Dramatic School Improvement conference at Stanford. Navigating questions by moderator Jordan Meranus, they talk about what they are doing in Louisiana and Baltimore to radically reform schools so that more children can meet state standards and receive an excellent education.
Minding the Gap
How do you inspire people, from your CEO to rural farmers to consumers, to change their ways to do good (or at least better) for society?
A Crisis Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
Foundation and nonprofit leaders need to pay the same attention to increasing employment in the sector as they do to preserving the full deductibility of donations at the highest tax brackets.
Thinking Straight About Sustainability
Sustainability is the best way to integrate social, environmental, and economic impacts into all corporate decisions.
The Agency of African Girls and Women
Women are contributing to Africa’s growth surge. We cannot afford to overlook their potential and agency.