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The Lean Years
David Brooks | The New York Times
02/15/2010
In his op-ed, David Brooks argues that it will be up to social entrepreneurs to use the country's idle talent to address social needs.
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TAGS: Social Entrepreneurship
The Importance of Right-brain Thinking in Education
Kate Canales | GOOD
01/29/2010
A Citizen Schools volunteer teacher shares how teaching design to middle schoolers clarified her definition of the discipline.
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TAGS: Past Investments
Ivy Leaguers' Class for Poor Becomes 'Platinum' Charter Schools
Molly Peterson | Bloomberg
01/20/2010
Molly Peterson reports on why KIPP has become a model for the kind of education reform the Department of Education hopes to foster with $100 billion in stimulus money.
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TAGS: Current Investments, Social Innovation
Career Coaches Help Minorities On Way To The Top
Richard Gonzales | NPR
01/15/2010
NPR takes a look at how Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) uses career coaches to help minorities advance in the workplace.
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TAGS: Current Investments
What Makes a Great Teacher?
Amanda Ripley | The Atlantic
01/01/2010
This article looks at Teach For America's quest to understand what makes a great teacher, highlighting findings from 20 years worth of data and analysis.
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TAGS: Past Investments
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied to a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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