Education
Off the Beaten Path
An excerpt from Leapfrogging Inequality: Remaking Education to Help Young People Thrive.
EXCERPT
Tag: Youth
Technology
Artificial Intelligence as a Force for Good
Recent breakthroughs in artificial intelligence offer enormous benefits for mission-driven organizations and could eventually revolutionize how they work.
Advocacy
Reframing the Gun Debate
To enact policies that reduce gun violence in the United States, advocates are flipping the script to make the conversation about saving lives rather than taking away Americans’ guns.
Cities
Beyond the Block
Chicago’s My Block My Hood My City uses the concept of travel to get young, low-income residents more connected with their city.
Advocacy
A Crack Opens in the False Narrative on Gun Violence
The youth movement against gun violence in America opens doors to a more constructive narrative that advances both gun violence prevention and the promotion of mental health.
Measurement & Evaluation
Creating a Data Culture
How nonprofit organizations can do a better job with their data.
Nonprofits & NGOs
Building Community by Sharing Books
Little Free Libraries draw neighbors together on street corners, on school campuses, and in police stations.
Nonprofits & NGOs
Taking Kids Off the Streets in Nigeria
Street Priests ministers to the homeless children of Calabar, Nigeria, to help them find a better path.
Civic Engagement
Digital Natives Collect Community Needs
Humanitas AI has created a smartphone app to enable young people to coordinate social projects.
Education
Free College
San Francisco’s Free City program covers tuition at its community college through a real estate transaction tax.