Across the country, federal, state, and local governments are facing painful education budget decisions. While philanthropic capital is a drop in the bucket compared…
See event detailsStrategic Capital to Improve Teaching Quality: making the most of limited funding
High Impact Philanthropy to Improve Teaching Quality: Special Report
Last week, the Center for High Impact Philanthropy released a special report in education highlighting how donors can improve the single biggest in-school factor…
See event detailsInvesting in Innovation (i3) Fund, Teaching Quality, and Student Literacy Achievement Across Discipl
i3 and Child Literacy For philanthropists interested in supporting promising practices in the realm of education, a new and exciting opportunity has come about….
See event detailsShifting school landscape: a Philadelphia case study
The landscape of education in Philadelphia has changed dramatically in the past 10 years. According to the Pew Charitable Trusts Philadelphia Research Initiative titled “Philadelphia’s…
See event detailsThe Cost – and Impact – of Turning Around a Failing School
“As recently as 2008, Locke High School here was one of the nation’s worst failing schools, and drew national attention for its hallway beatings,…
See event detailsThe Gift of Time
So what if your gift for the holidays were an unusual one? What if it were more time? That was precisely the gift presented…
See event detailsSchool’s almost out, make sure learning isn’t
It’s June, and many students around the country are really, really ready to be done with school. Unfortunately, for many kids who don’t have access…
See event detailsLet’s not dismiss the Harlem Children’s Zone just yet…
A recent NY Times article entitled Lauded Harlem Schools Have Their Own Problems, discusses how Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ) charter schools’ tests scores…
See event detailsTeachers Are Students, Too: Improving teacher education through high impact philanthropy
As a follow-up to last week's Blog Response to “A Teacher Quality Manifesto”, this week’s commentary on teaching quality is brought to you by CHIP team members:…
See event detailsKicking Off 100Kin10
Question: What does the Center for High Impact Philanthropy have in common with NASA, the state government of Maryland, The American Museum of Natural History,…
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