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Monthly Blog Archives: October 2011

What if grocery stores were more than a food sources? What if they were instead community hubs – places where people shopped, banked, got clinical care and more?  Sure that’s a big idea, but one Philadelphia grocer has figured out that it also makes good business sense.
Oct 21, 2011
by: Aliya Hussaini, M.D.
Can grocers change the world? Meet Jeff Brown
What if grocery stores were more than a food sources? What if they were instead community hubs – places where people shopped, banked, got clinical care and more? Sure that’s a big idea, but one Philadelphia grocer has figured out that it also makes good business sense.
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Teacher training reforms should explicitly address training standards and admissions requirements. But the latest DOE proposal lingers on backward-looking data and remains firmly entrenched in the category of “evolutionary tinkering.”
Oct 17, 2011
by: Joe Siedlecki
Teaching teachers: Revolutionary change or evolutionary tinkering?
Teacher training reforms should explicitly address training standards and admissions requirements. But the latest DOE proposal lingers on backward-looking data and remains firmly entrenched in the category of “evolutionary tinkering.”
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Do low-income kids dream of a better life? Do they understand that they need to be better prepared than their parents to break the cycle of poverty? Yes! Our job is to help them get degrees without debt, not deny the value of higher education.
Oct 06, 2011
by: Oscar Sweeten-Lopez
Missing the Point: Why higher education really matters
Do low-income kids dream of a better life? Do they understand that they need to be better prepared than their parents to break the cycle of poverty? Yes! Our job is to help them get degrees without debt, not deny the value of higher education.
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Blog Categories

  • Performance Driven Education
  • College Prep & Persistence
  • Microfinance FES
  • Healthy Living
  • Obesity Awareness
  • Childhood Safety
  • Education Reform
    • Charter Schools
    • Policy & Innovation
  • Academic & After-School Programs
  • Basic Health Services

Authors

  • Guest Blogger
    Posts by guests of the Foundation
  • Joe Siedlecki
    Program & Policy Officer, US Education
  • Aliya Hussaini, M.D.
    Health Team Lead
    Aliya Hussaini, M.D. - Health Team Lead
  • Oscar Sweeten-Lopez
    Team Lead, Dell Scholars Program
  • Urvashi Prasad
    Program Officer, Microfinance & Health
    Urvashi Prasad
  • Rahil Rangwala
    Program Officer, Microfinance
    rahil rangwala
  • Virginia Potter
    Team Lead, Central Texas/Community
  • Taryn Casey
    Program Officer, Education, & Orphaned and Vulnerable Children
    Taryn Casey, Program Officer, Education and OVC
  • Geeta Goel
    Director, Microfinance
    Geeta Goel
  • Cat Alexander
    Program Officer, US Education
  • Thashlin Govender
    Program Officer, Education
    Thashlin Govender
  • Cheryl Niehaus
    Program Officer, US Education
    Cheryl Niehaus
  • Micah Sagebiel
    Program Officer, US Education
    Micah Sagebiel
  • Prachi Windlass
    Initiative Lead, Large Scale Education, Remedial Education & Assessment Initiatives
    Prachi Windlass

News We’re Following

  • May 20, 2013
    Angry young Indians: What a waste | The Economist
  • May 20, 2013
    The New Science Behind Philanthropy | WSJ.Money Summer 2013 - WSJ.com
  • May 20, 2013
    Poverty takes root in Austin’s suburbs | www.mystatesman.com
  • May 17, 2013
    Lisa Wade: Social Class and the College Choices of High School Valedictorians
  • May 17, 2013
    Education Nation: Squaring Off On Education Reform

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