My Day in Washington: First Lady Michelle Obama Talks Innovation Jun 04, 2010 The following post originally appeared on Fuel for the Field , the blog of TPI Board member Carla Javits, President of REDF . A White House invitation spurred a quick trip to Washington, D.C. for an... Which Arts and Music Model Works Best? Jun 04, 2010 In a recent scan conducted for a TPI client looking at arts and music education in public K-12 schools in California, I looked for the strongest model. I was not surprised when I found that there... Can Pictures and Stories Create Social Change? Jun 02, 2010 The Lewis Hine Fellows Program is based at Duke University’s Center for Documentary Studies (CDS). It is named for Lewis W. Hine who, a century ago, traveled the country with his camera to document... Art as a Strategy for Social Change May 27, 2010 A very successful music education program, with its roots in Venezuela, has been gaining a lot of attention in the United States. “ El Sistema ” (the system) was created by Dr. Jose Antonio Abreu, an... A Compelling Case for Arts Education May 27, 2010 TPI recently completed a report for a California-based client entitled Music & Arts for Young People: Engaging and Inspiring, Increasing Academic Achievement, Bringing Joy. Some of the key... ADHD and the Brain May 27, 2010 “The notion that you need to sit still to pay attention is an old wives tale,” according to Martha Denckla, Director of Neurology, Pediatrics and Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University School of... Will Partnerships Facilitate Learning? May 27, 2010 According to Kurt Fisher, Director of the Mind, Brain and Education program at Harvard University, we need partnerships between researchers and practitioners, like the medical school model of... Neuro-Education: New Ways to Think About Learning May 27, 2010 Last week I had the opportunity to attend two related events on learning and the brain: a summit at Johns Hopkins University , “Attention & Engagement in Learning”, and a conference in D.C., “... Research on Microfinance May 26, 2010 Monday evening New England International Donors co-hosted an event for its network with Tufts University. Our moderator was Dr. Peter Walker , the Director of the Feinstein International Center, and... Setting a Culture that Encourages Effectiveness May 26, 2010 Handy Lindsey Jr. of The Cameron Foundation , Mariam Noland of the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan , Jim Canales of The James Irvine Foundation and Stephen Heintz of the Rockefeller... « first ‹ previous … 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 next › last »
My Day in Washington: First Lady Michelle Obama Talks Innovation Jun 04, 2010 The following post originally appeared on Fuel for the Field , the blog of TPI Board member Carla Javits, President of REDF . A White House invitation spurred a quick trip to Washington, D.C. for an...
Which Arts and Music Model Works Best? Jun 04, 2010 In a recent scan conducted for a TPI client looking at arts and music education in public K-12 schools in California, I looked for the strongest model. I was not surprised when I found that there...
Can Pictures and Stories Create Social Change? Jun 02, 2010 The Lewis Hine Fellows Program is based at Duke University’s Center for Documentary Studies (CDS). It is named for Lewis W. Hine who, a century ago, traveled the country with his camera to document...
Art as a Strategy for Social Change May 27, 2010 A very successful music education program, with its roots in Venezuela, has been gaining a lot of attention in the United States. “ El Sistema ” (the system) was created by Dr. Jose Antonio Abreu, an...
A Compelling Case for Arts Education May 27, 2010 TPI recently completed a report for a California-based client entitled Music & Arts for Young People: Engaging and Inspiring, Increasing Academic Achievement, Bringing Joy. Some of the key...
ADHD and the Brain May 27, 2010 “The notion that you need to sit still to pay attention is an old wives tale,” according to Martha Denckla, Director of Neurology, Pediatrics and Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University School of...
Will Partnerships Facilitate Learning? May 27, 2010 According to Kurt Fisher, Director of the Mind, Brain and Education program at Harvard University, we need partnerships between researchers and practitioners, like the medical school model of...
Neuro-Education: New Ways to Think About Learning May 27, 2010 Last week I had the opportunity to attend two related events on learning and the brain: a summit at Johns Hopkins University , “Attention & Engagement in Learning”, and a conference in D.C., “...
Research on Microfinance May 26, 2010 Monday evening New England International Donors co-hosted an event for its network with Tufts University. Our moderator was Dr. Peter Walker , the Director of the Feinstein International Center, and...
Setting a Culture that Encourages Effectiveness May 26, 2010 Handy Lindsey Jr. of The Cameron Foundation , Mariam Noland of the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan , Jim Canales of The James Irvine Foundation and Stephen Heintz of the Rockefeller...
