Implementing the Common Core Standards
More than two thirds of the states have adopted common grade-level expectations in English language arts and math, making clear what students need to know to graduate from high school and succeed in college or the workplace. These new, common standards open up opportunities for collaboration across state lines on common assessments as well... comments (0) - read more >
Helping the Best Get Better
(written by David McKay Wilson)
Twenty-five years into his career as investment research director, Chuck Cahn took on an assignment that would change his own life as well as hundreds of educators and thousands of New York City schoolchildren. His company was merging with a larger one, and the directors wanted advice on where to focus... comments (0) - read more >
Into the Woods
(This article was written by Lisa Fields and was first published by American Profile Magazine)
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach,... comments (0) - read more >
The Oberlin Project
One year ago, Oberlin College and the City of Oberlin launched the “Oberlin Project” a working model of sustainability that integrates economic revitalization, greenbuilding, education, agriculture, forestry, public policy, renewable energy, and finance into a system in which the parts reinforce the vitality and resilience of the... comments (0) - read more >
The Importance of Community Health Centers
(This was published by the Center for American Progress)
Community health centers across our country have a 45-year history of providing care in underserved communities for everyone, regardless of their ability to pay. By design, these health centers are run by a... comments (0) - read more >
The March on Alzheimer’s
I hope you will help us kick off The Women's Conference 2010 by joining us for our 5K March on Alzheimer's and candlelight vigil on Sunday afternoon, October 24 along the beautiful waterfront in Downtown Long Beach, CA.
I say that Alzheimer's is a “mind-blowing” disease out of personal experience. It blows the mind of...
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Millennium Development Goals: LOVE IN ACTION
I hear a lot of people say we have to wake people up... convince them of the urgency of this moment... make them realize that the planet is headed for disaster!
But I don't see it that way. Anybody who needs to be woken up at this point is so deeply asleep that they're not the target audience for global activism. We... comments (0) - read more >
Low-Income Fathers Need to Get Connected
(This article was published by the Center for American Progress.)
Many poverty programs serve families by trying to improve children’s lives, and helping children often translates into “family” policy. After all, children don’t stand on... comments (0) - read more >
It’s time to stand up and say "No more invoking"
I am standing in the Southern West Bank city of Hebron, which will be part of the future State of Palestine that will live side-by-side with the State of Israel. As a Muslim, it has been a very long time since I started to feel a disconnection between my peaceful/democratic beliefs and my religion, when I see how it’s practiced around... comments (0) - read more >
Results Japan: What We Have Been Doing in Japan
Results Japan (RJ) was established in 1989 as a volunteer organization to advocate for micro credit in Tokyo. We have 7 board members, including a member of the House of Councilors, who once participated in the first Micro Credit Summit in Washington DC. The current board chair is a medical/health sector adviser to the Prime Minister of... comments (0) - read more >
