New funding opportunity to gather information on civic literacy within K-12 education, offered through an interagency partnership between NEH and the Department of Education
The goal is to create a meaningful, uniform, and efficient test that will assess applicants’ knowledge and understanding of U.S. history, government and values.
In May, the board of the Houston Independent School District voted to not renew the district’s contract with Teach For America, ending a partnership set in place since 1991. Houston Read more…
According to a recent Harvard report, physician burnout is “a public health crisis that urgently demands action.”
Franklin Olin was a classic American entrepreneur who became a generous philanthropist. Hundreds of millions of dollars of his family money was poured into higher education. Walk the campuses of Read more…
What it takes to bring excellent education to poor children
There are few successions of 24 notes that evoke the same mix of melancholy and uplift as “Taps.” In 2000, Congress passed Public Law 106-65 requiring that every eligible veteran Read more…
Raised by a plumber and a cafeteria lady, the man who financed the launch of Home Depot describes a loan he can never pay back, why he made medical-school tuition at NYU free, and reasons for giving anonymously.
A troubling screed from the Gray Lady. Seeing a black hole. California’s homelessness farce. Taps, hurricane relief, and a TFA meltdown. A truly imaginative university.
How one excellent scholarship reverberated into others
Practitioners look at academic programs in philanthropy
A U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Special Report
Information, guidance and tools needed to hire confidently from the formerly incarcerated labor pool and make an impact
Early Experiences from the Youth Entrepreneurship Fund Grantees
The National Constitution Center will award its 31st annual Liberty Medal to the Honorable Anthony M. Kennedy for his efforts to preserve, protect, and defend liberty.
College over the Internet has surprised in many ways
The Philanthropy Roundtable sat down with Deborah D. Hoover, who has been president and CEO of Burton D. Morgan Foundation since 2007, to discuss its entrepreneurship initiatives.
The new programming will cover topics such as the Constitution, the branches of the U.S. government, political campaigns, and the meaning of democracy