Steve spoke at the Hewlett Foundation last month about his new book as part of our ongoing “shop talk” series in which we invite outside speakers to share their knowledge and expertise with our staff. In The Great Surge: The Ascent of the Developing World, Steve argues that, contrary to the popular view of the …
Nicholas Burnett has been Managing Director for Global Education at Results for Development since 2010 and now also chairs IIEP’s Governing Board. He was previously UNESCO Assistant-Director for Education, Director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report, and a World Bank human development manager. A version of this post appeared on the Center for Education …
Anne-Marie Slaughter is the president and CEO of New America, a think tank “dedicated to the renewal of American politics, prosperity, and purpose in the Digital Age,” and a grantee of our Cyber Initiative. She is also a professor of of politics and international affairs at Princeton University, where she previously served as dean …
Our Dana Schmidt on new evaluation of citizen-led assessments from @R4Development: http://t.co/RKfLk82wKl pic.twitter.com/ysYejebTGO — Hewlett Foundation (@Hewlett_Found) June 27, 2015 In June, we shared findings from an evaluation of citizen-led assessments we commissioned from Results for Development. Since the report’s publication, which showed how engaging citizens in large scale, household-based assessments of children’s learning can …
In his three-minute TED Talk, Derek Sivers tells us that a movement is made not by charismatic leaders but rather by the first followers. It is the people who are alert to a new idea, who are inspired to leave their comfortable routine, and who adopt and adapt an innovation—these are the movement makers. If …
“I am powerful because I have the ability, heart, and passion to empower women in the Rio Grande Valley community. I think every woman is important and has enormous value and has the ability to change the circumstances of their lives despite the limitations and barriers that each one may have.” That’s how Lucy Ceballos …
Callie Riley is associate director for state engagement and outreach at PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers). The Hewlett Foundation is supporting PARCC, along with the Council of Chief State School Officers and CoreSpring, in the creation of the Item Writers Algebra Readiness competition. In my former life as a classroom …
Should we welcome the emergence of vape-filled rooms? (Photo Credit: Paul Hansen, licensed under CC BY 2.0) Are democracy reformers searching in the wrong places for the solution to what ails our politics? That’s the premise of a bold stroke of a white paper entitled, “Political Realism: How Hacks, Machines, Big Money, and Back-Room Deals Can Strengthen …
CNN profiles Marilyn Price, the founder of Trips for Kids, a grantee of our Environment Program as part of our work Serving Bay Area Communties: During a 1982 mountain biking trip in northern California, Price reached a point on the trail where she could see all of San Francisco. Looking out at the city, she thought of the …
To celebrate Cesar Chavez Day, we’re sharing the story of the School of Arts and Culture at Mexican Heritage Plaza, a grantee of our Performing Arts Program. The plaza sits squarely in San Jose’s Mayfair, a historically Latino neighborhood where Cesar Chavez grew up and where he led the first of the boycotts for farmworker rights …