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In business schools around the country, there’s much ado about social entrepreneurship and a double bottom-line—social good and profits.
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Private foundations that finance education in developing countries need to be more transparent in their mission and impact.
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Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, not the isolated intervention of individual organizations.
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A Witness to the Egyptian Revolution
Conversations Network Executive Direct Doug Kaye share the story of his trip to Egypt as the country began its possible revolution
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Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, not the isolated intervention of individual organizations.
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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.