The New York Times ran a GREAT article titled A Teachable Moment about the education system in New Orleans.  Rather than summarizing the article (because it won't do it justice and everyone shoul...
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What with the NYC CFD crew supporting Water Aid at the last event, we've been pretty sensitive to the water issue in developing countries. So this post by John over at Social Design Notes piqued our H...
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At lunch during the first day at the Global Philanthropy Forum, I sat next to two amazing people (one of whom I will write about in a future post). On my right sat Samuel Azout, one of the "social ...
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According to a recent New York times article, a charter school in NYC is promising to pay teachers $125K plus bonuses based on school wide performance! Why? "The school’s creator and firs...
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No more teachers, no more books, at least not the pre-Katrina kind. New Orleans had been known for having one of the most corrupt and failing school systems in the country. But it’s been tw...
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