From a No. 2 Pencil to an iPad
We think The New York Times' "Room for Debate" feature is pretty darn cool. This week, the topic is classroom technology and the Times has recruited an impressive list of commentators. Tech-happy Americans are prone
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Archives for blog topic “Education”
Jan 06 2012
Dec 02 2011
Save the Date: Advocacy Evaluation Breakfast on Dec. 15th
Colleagues from the United Nations Foundation will be dropping by on Dec. 15th at 8:15am to describe their new internal performance management plan designed to quantify and measure advocacy impact. Central to the plan is the concept
Nov 11 2011
Urban Jungles
What do Beihai (China), Ghaziabad (India) and Saana (Yemen) have in common? According to Foreign Policy, they’re three of the top fastest growing cities in the world. With the usual suspects nowhere to be found, the list features cities ranging from
Nov 05 2011
Backtracking on Fees Bank of America’s much-maligned proposal to levy a $5 monthly fee on customers for debit card-use is no more. Now, the media is busy talking about the growing power of the consumer advocate.
Oct 07 2011
As California Goes, So Goes the Nation (Or So They Say)
This past Tuesday, Annette Gardner dropped by for a breakfast chat about her evaluation of The California Endowment’s Clinic Consortia Policy and Evaluation Program. She covered everything from media advocacy and building relationships
Sep 16 2011
Upcoming Advocacy Evaluation Breakfast on Oct. 4th, 8:15 - 9:45 AM
From 2001 to 2009, The California Endowment invested more than $18 million to support the advocacy capacity building efforts of community clinic associations across the state. At this breakfast, Dr. Annette Gardner, lead evaluator for this project,
Aug 12 2011
Back to School
As cheating scandals continue to plague public school systems around the country, teacher performance is once again under the microscope. Here in DC, this means more talk about the system-wide IMPACT evaluation standards. But we wonder: is an
Jul 22 2011
Lessons from Education
While many of us are worried about the debt ceiling crisis and the flailing economy, recent headlines in several major newspapers including The Washington Post and The New York Times are directing our attention to the dismal state of our public education
Oct 22 2010
By lmolinaro
Evaluating Peacebuilding and Promoting Learning
Measuring program effectiveness has not been a standard practice in the peacebuilding community. Last month, the Search for Common Ground (SFCG) hosted a forum to offer insight into capacity building for conflict transformation programs, particularly for
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