Q&As are a series of informal interviews with Hewlett Foundation staff. Lynn Murphy has just concluded eight years with the Foundation, first as a Senior Fellow and then as a program officer in what is now the Global Development and Population Program. Since 2007, she has made grants to improve the quality of primary school …
MENLO PARK, Calif. – Alfonsina Peñaloza, an expert in good government practices in Mexico, will join The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation in January 2013 as an officer in its Global Development and Population Program, officials announced today. Alfonsina comes to the Hewlett Foundation from her position as deputy director and interim executive director of …
Larry Kramer became president of the Hewlett Foundation in Menlo Park, California, in September 2012. Before joining the Foundation, Mr. Kramer served from 2004 to 2012 as Richard E. Lang Professor of Law and Dean of Stanford Law School. During his tenure, he spearheaded significant educational reforms, pioneering a new model of multidisciplinary legal studies. …
John E. McGuirk is director of the Foundation’s Performing Arts Program, which makes grants to support the arts in the San Francisco Bay Area. Here, he explains the Program’s new strategic plan for grantmaking and why it was adopted. What prompted the decision to embark on a new strategic framework for grantmaking in the Performing …
Adelante Latina is the first and only teen pregnancy prevention program in Cutler-Orosi and surrounding towns. Maria Guadalupe Diaz Rojas, a program graduate who is now a community college freshman and a returning peer leader, speaks with the class about self-image and aspirations. Photo courtesy of Latino Commission/Adelante Latina. Drive fifty miles southeast of Fresno …
MENLO PARK, Calif. – At the end of a dozen years as head of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, President Paul Brest has issued a State of the Foundation report that describes a thriving organization, focused on the progress and outcomes of the grants it makes and striving to make philanthropic practices more effective. …
Susan Bell served as vice president of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation from 2000 to summer 2012. During this time, she worked in a variety of capacities, from directing the Foundation’s efforts to improve the practice of philanthropy to helping launch the ClimateWorks Foundation, an international grantmaking organization working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. …
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation commends the National Research Council for its hard work reviewing existing research to help determine what students need to thrive in the classroom and as adults. We understand that more research still needs to be done – and the Hewlett Foundation is committed to doing it – but we …
The National Research Council, a private, nonprofit institution chartered by Congress to provide unbiased expert advice on matters of public policy, released a report, funded in part by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, entitled Education for Life and Work: Developing Transferable Knowledge and Skills in the 21st Century. Key Findings Validates an educational approach …
MENLO PARK, CA/CHICAGO, IL/QUINCY, MA — In a newly-issued report funded by several foundations across the U.S., including The William and Flora Hewlett, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur, and Nellie Mae Education foundations, the National Research Council (NRC) validates an educational approach called “deeper learning,” which emphasizes critical reasoning and a suite of other …