When NGOs Confront Bureaucracy
An educational collaboration between a literacy program for public schools and the government of Punjab, India, struggles with accountability and political support.
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When Funding Moves Away From Universities
Foundations are shifting their higher-education funding to outside organizations that promote initiatives they favor.
Reforming Management Education
This series will showcase seven visions for how to reform business management and public policy schools.
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Off the Beaten Path
An excerpt from Leapfrogging Inequality: Remaking Education to Help Young People Thrive.
Rethinking America’s College Savings Programs
Institutionalizing college savings through the application of savings strategies from financial behavior research can help make college accessible to all.
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Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, not the isolated intervention of individual organizations.
The Missing Link in School Reform
American educators, policymakers, and philanthropists are overselling the role of the highly skilled individual teacher and undervaluing the benefits that come from teacher collaborations.
Human-Centered, Systems-Minded Design
Both human-centered and systems-thinking methods fit within an effective design approach, and can work in conjunction to address social challenges.
A Better Education for All During—and After—the COVID-19 Pandemic
Research from the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) and its partners shows how to help children learn amid erratic access to schools during a pandemic, and how those solutions may make progress toward the Sustainable Development Goal of ensuring a quality education for all by 2030.
How 20 Years of Education Reform Has Created Greater Inequality
How standardized testing, gentrification, school choice, and economic downturn have widened inequality to create an existential threat to democracy.