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To Save Our Schools, Trust Young People
Young people have done more than enough to earn our trust. Policy makers not so much.
Empowering Female Muslim Leaders
The Led By Foundation helps Indian Muslim women achieve their career goals in the face of discrimination.
Against Rushing to Scale
When impact brings pressure to expand, leaders can (and must) carefully decide when growth helps and when it hurts.
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Educating as if Democracy Depends on It
Preparing young people to participate and govern means moving beyond entrusting civic learning to a single course in high school or an elective on campus.
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The Bias of ‘Professionalism’ Standards
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Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition
Social entrepreneurship is attracting growing amounts of talent, money, and attention, but along with its increasing popularity has come less certainty about what exactly a social entrepreneur is and does.
Creating High-Impact Nonprofits
Conventional wisdom says that scaling social innovation starts with strengthening internal management capabilities. This study of 12 high-impact nonprofits, however, shows that real social change happens when organizations go outside their own walls and find creative ways to enlist the help of others.
What Business Execs Don’t Know—but Should—About Nonprofits
Business leaders play vital roles in the nonprofit sector – as board members, donors, partners, and even executives. Yet all too often they underestimate the unique challenges of managing nonprofit organizations.
The Dawn of System Leadership
The deep changes necessary to accelerate progress against society's most intractable problems require someone who catalyzes collective leadership.