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Following | Education, Communities In Schools | May 17, 2016

Changing the Picture of Education

A new Communities In Schools report documents how integrated student supports help close the high school graduation gap.

via www.communitiesinschools.org

Following | Blue Meridian Partners, Capital Aggregation | May 5, 2016

How to Bet Big on the American Dream

Bridgespan consultants describe in The Atlantic $1 billion investments that can propel people out of poverty and yield returns of 300%.   

via www.theatlantic.com

Following | Education | May 3, 2016

Money, Race and Success

The New York Times displays data documenting that sixth graders in the richest school districts are four grade levels ahead of children in the poorest districts.

via www.nytimes.com

Following | Youth Villages | April 25, 2016

Building Performance Systems

Social Innovation Research Center Director Patrick Lester reports for the IBM Center for the Business of Government on how Youth Villages developed a nationally recognized performance management system in Tennessee. 

via www.businessofgovernment.org

Following | Evidence and Evaluation, Policy | April 21, 2016

Driving Impact with Unrestricted Support

Fred Ali, CEO of Weingart Foundation, an EMCF co-investor, stresses in Philanthropy News Digest  the importance of funding not just programs, but the nonprofit organizations that deliver them.

via philanthropynewsdigest.org

Following | Nurse-Family Partnership, Early Childhood | April 5, 2016

Sending Nurses to Poor Moms Helps Kids

A G.O.P. and a Democratic policy expert agree in a Washington Post op-ed that programs like NFP are a good investment.

via www.washingtonpost.com

Following | March 23, 2016

Is Marriage All It’s Cracked Up to Be?

New York Times columnist Eduardo Porter argues that providing economic supports for low-income households is more helpful than promoting matrimony.

via www.nytimes.com