Deeper Learning. Linked Learning. Blended Learning. Personalized Learning. Student-centered Learning. Project-based learning. Social and emotional learning. And the list goes on (and on). There are literally hundreds of education initiatives—and an equal number of philanthropic strategies—designed to improve our education system. In my time as fellow at the Hewlett Foundation, I have come to realize …
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 …
One of the members of the Nairobi Young and Old cooperative group in front of her fruit and vegetable stand in a local market in Nairobi. This income generating activity enables her to have some financial independence and not rely on her husband, when spending money on health and education for her children. (Photo Credit: Jonathan …
2015 was a great year for people who believe that openness can drive change. It was a year in which governments around the world, including many here in the United States, embraced new policies requiring open licenses for work they fund. Major private funders did the same, like Gates and Ford (in addition to us), …
Courage comes in many forms. We see it most clearly in the organizations we support to ensure that women around the world have access to comprehensive reproductive health care, including abortion. These organizations are made up of people who do their work under extraordinarily trying conditions. Overseas, they must stretch scarce resources and find creative …
(Photo Credit: Janet Ramsden, licensed under CC BY 2.0) As people around here headed out the door for a week of vacation filled with family, friends, and yes, Christmas presents, I asked a few of my colleagues in the Global Development and Population Program what gifts they’d already gotten this year from our grantees. Puzzled, one colleague …
It’s that time of year again—glittery solicitations from many worthy (and some not so worthy) nonprofits are piling up like snowdrifts in my mailboxes, both physical and electronic. Like it or not, fundraising for charitable organizations is a competitive sport, and the end of the year can feel like the Winter Olympics! Meanwhile, here at …
(Photo Credit: Asian Development Bank, licensed under CC BY 2.0) One hundred eighty countries are meeting in Paris right now to address climate change for the first time since the 2009 United Nations Climate Conference in Copenhagen. The disappointing outcome of the Copenhagen Conference had many causes but no country was more castigated than China. Some of …
One of the most straightforward transactions in the foundation world is the no-cost extension. In our program at the Hewlett Foundation, at least, our practice has been to approve them routinely. A grantee simply writes to say that work is progressing more slowly than expected and that they wish to have the end-date for the …
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 …