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Assessment 2.0: "Next-Generation" Comprehensive Assessment Systems
An Analysis of Proposals by the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers and SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded $350 million in Race to the Top funding to the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers and the SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium to develop what Secretary of Education Arne Duncan calls "next-generation" assessment systems. The proposed assessment systems will have significant implications for how states and districts organize and support the challenging work of principals and teachers to improve student outcomes. This comparative brief describes the major elements of each assessment system and is designed to assist system leaders in gearing-up for implementation.
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Rethinking Public Media: More Local, More Inclusive, More Interactive
This Report offers five broad strategies and 21 specific recommendations to reform public media. The strategies include strengthening local news operations, sharing digital platforms among public entities, recruiting more diverse workforces, and reforming public media structures. Written by Barbara Cochran, the Curtis B. Hurley Chair in Public Affairs Journalism at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, the report is the third in a series of white papers commissioned by the Aspen Institute and the Knight Foundation to implement the recommendations of the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy.
EPA 40th Anniversary: 10 Ways EPA Has Strengthened America
The Aspen Institute’s Energy and Environment Program is honored to take part in EPA’s 40th anniversary celebration. This occasion provides a unique opportunity to look back at the path blazed by the Agency during its first forty years and recognize the important achievements that have made it a leading model for environmental regulatory agencies worldwide.
Hezbollah and the Shiite Community: From Political Confessionalization to Confessional Specialization
This paper analyzes the evolution of the Shiite political elites within the Lebanese confessional and consociational political system. It also explores the circumstances that gave rise to Hezbollah and established it as the most popular and powerful force in the Shiite community. The paper explains recent political developments in Lebanon, particularly the mounting Sunni-Shiite tensions, and offers recommendations to address the ongoing Lebanese political crisis.
Executive Summary: The Artist as Philanthropist; Strengthening the Next Generation of Artist-Endowed Foundations
Executive Summary
A study of the emerging artist-endowed foundation field in the US
The National Study of Artist-Endowed Foundations, conducted for the Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation, is the first effort to define and describe the artist-endowed foundation field in the US. Though a small portion of all private foundations, these distinctively endowed entities are growing in number and as such, represent a potential force shaping cultural philanthropy and stewarding this country's postwar and contemporary art patrimony. The two-volume report detailing the Study's findings -- The Artist as Philanthropist: Strengthening the Next Generation of Artist-Endowed Foundations -- provides leaders in philanthropy, the arts, education, and journalism with an overview of the artist-endowed foundation field, its origins, current status, trends, and prospects. In addition, it offers artist-donors, their advisors, and foundation leaders a summary of considerations in forming, sustaining, and terminating artist-endowed foundations as well as planning and conducting foundations' charitable programs. Briefing papers by scholars in the arts and philanthropy address key issues in foundation practice.
The Artist as Philanthropist; Strengthening the Next Generation of Artist-Endowed Foundations
Volume 2 Considerations in Foundation Practice
A study of the emerging artist-endowed foundation field in the US
The National Study of Artist-Endowed Foundations, conducted for the Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation, is the first effort to define and describe the artist-endowed foundation field in the US. Though a small portion of all private foundations, these distinctively endowed entities are growing in number and as such, represent a potential force shaping cultural philanthropy and stewarding this country's postwar and contemporary art patrimony. The two-volume report detailing the Study's findings -- The Artist as Philanthropist: Strengthening the Next Generation of Artist-Endowed Foundations -- provides leaders in philanthropy, the arts, education, and journalism with an overview of the artist-endowed foundation field, its origins, current status, trends, and prospects. In addition, it offers artist-donors, their advisors, and foundation leaders a summary of considerations in forming, sustaining, and terminating artist-endowed foundations as well as planning and conducting foundations' charitable programs. Briefing papers by scholars in the arts and philanthropy address key issues in foundation practice.
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