A Message from APEP Head Honcho, David Devlin-Foltz As many of our Washington DC colleagues know already, Lisa Molinaro is leaving the Advocacy Planning and Evaluation Program on February 8th to pursue an exciting combination of travel and teaching yoga around the world, followed by business school
Skills training, community colleges, entrepreneurship, and civility were a few of the key issues President Obama spoke about in his State of the Union address last night. We asked some of our experts in these fields and others for their reactions. Their responses are below:
From a No. 2 Pencil to an iPadWe 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
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
Aspen Institute Public Leadership Awardees:Cory Booker, Mayor of NewarkKaya Henderson, Chancellor of the DC Public School SystemJoel Klein, former Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education
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
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. The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times both point to
