New York City’s public schools remain among the most segregated in the country, but signs of change are coming earlier than expected.
New York City’s Segregated School System Begins to Shift
What an Amicable Divorce between a City and its Museum Looks Like
A nonprofit art museum in central Florida decided it wasn’t “feeling the love” from the city it was in, so its heart now will be claimed by another.
Structuring for Sensemaking: The Power of Small Segments
This is the last article in a four-part series on sensemaking organizations. Now that we have a sense of the importance of sensemaking in complex organizations, the question is: How do we do it in a timely manner? How we structure these organizations holds the key.
New Interest in Gun Research: Are the Right People Paying Attention?
The constructed dearth of gun violence research in this country is a national scandal that equates to a Congressional will to keep the country in ignorance about the dynamics of one of the country’s most acutely painful social and cultural characteristics.
New St. Louis County Prosecutor Faces Resistance in His First 100 Days but Carries On
Last year, Ferguson City Councilmember Wesley Bell shocked the political establishment by unseating 28-year-incumbent Bob McCulloch, who had failed to prosecute Darren Wilson, the police officer who shot Michael Brown in Ferguson in 2014. Now, against considerable internal resistance, Bell is seeking to fundamentally change how the county prosecutor’s office operates.
Entry to Skoll’s Philanthropic Chambers: The Direct and Tangential Costs
When you start to suspect that a farce could not equal the actuality of a social phenomenon, you could be in real trouble. This applies in an ever-more-obvious way to philanthropy as much as to certain political realities.
A Terrifying Nonprofit to For-Profit Transition: Open AI Not So Open Anymore
Let’s emphasize: Reconsidering the context and content of the work, Open AI’s leaders concluded that to safeguard the public good, less openness is called for.
Foundations Drop Support of New Higher Ed Institution as Catalyst for Rural Revitalization
Yet another battle between a higher education institute and its fundraising nonprofit—what questions should we be asking?
The Sensemaking Worker: Organizing for Learning
This is the third in a series of four articles on how to build organizations nimble enough to know, respond to, and remake their landscapes. This article considers what kinds of employees work best in these organizations and what organizations must do to attract these workers.
Bennett College: A New Form of Stakeholder Save for a Nonprofit Institution
More than two months after the historically black college raised $9.5 million in emergency funding, its trustees have appointed a committee to plan for long-term sustainability.
New Orleans African American Museum: An Open-and-Shut Case
Since opening in 1998, this black art, history, and cultural institution has been shuttered twice. Will its reopening this third time be the charm?
SF Supervisors Vote 11-0 to Give Nonprofits First Shot at Housing Purchases
Moving with unusual speed, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a new law that will give city housing nonprofits first option to place bids on available multifamily properties.