US Department of Education: New and Alternative Sources of Student Support and Funding

Philanthropy has been, and will continue to be, a potential source of funding for a variety of education programs and initiatives. In addition to these funds, city or county funding streams and services may be tapped by schools and districts to help meet the needs of the whole child. Read more >>

Stanford Social Innovation Review: Collective Impact

Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, yet the social sector remains focused on the isolated intervention of individual organizations.
The scale and complexity of the U.S. public education system has thwarted attempted reforms for decades. Read more >>

Washington Post: Bridging Differences blog: Coming Together to Give Schools a Boost

We only have to consider some of the nation’s greatest achievements to appreciate what’s possible when we coordinate efforts rationally. At its peak, for example, the Apollo program, which put a man on the moon, involved 400,000 people and 20,000 companies and academic organizations. Read more >>

Washington Post: Answer Sheet: Ravitch takes stock of education in 2010

This was written by education historian Diane Ravitch on her Bridging Differences blog, which she co-authors with Deborah Meier on the Education Week website.
Ravitch and Meier exchange letters about what matters most in education. Read more >>

The New York Times: Opinionator blog: The Power of Partnerships

Some problems are simply too complex to solve with any single approach. Consider the fact that in the United States, a million students drop out of high school each year. Read More >>