In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, America Forward Coalition organizations are working tirelessly to connect students, families, educators, workers, elected leaders, and advocates with critical tools, information, and resources. Every week, we’ll be highlighting a few examples of the vitally important work being done by the members of the America Forward Coalition. If your organization has resources, an announcement,
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Evidence in Action: Five Stories of Evidence Delivering Results in Education
[caption id="attachment_17346" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Photo Credit: Education Dive[/caption] America Forward’s Evidence in Action blog series highlights the voices of social innovation organizations, including those in the America Forward Coalition and our network partners, the results-driven solutions our community has to our country’s most pressing social problems, and the evidence-based federal programs that are critical to scaling the impact of this
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America Forward’s Big #EdPolicy Day on Capitol Hill
America Forward, New Profit's policy arm, has been actively involved in recent debate around the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and the future of education and learning in America. Last week, America Forward brought together a great group of its coalition members to meet with Members of Congress to discuss these issues and America Forward's priorities in anticipation of
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The 20th Anniversary of AmeriCorps
This piece was authored by Shirley Sagawa and Deborah Smolover of America Forward. When the first AmeriCorps members took their oath to “get things done for America,” neither national service nor the idea of social innovation was widely known or understood. Twenty years later, while not necessarily a household name, AmeriCorps is well known among college students looking for their
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Friday Wrap Up: New Profit and its Portfolio Orgs Making the News This Week
Here's a wrap-up of just some of the news New Profit and its portfolio organizations made this week: NEW PROFIT: New Profit Blog: President Obama Signs Critical Workforce Legislation America Forward and the America Forward Coalition applaud President Obama and Congress for working together on the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. "Today, President Barack Obama signed into law the Workforce
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Take 5: #SocInn News Links: 7/15/14
Here’s five interesting #SocInn links we’re clicking on today: Inside Philanthropy: The Bezos Family Foundation is All About Education. Here's What They're Doing "As the Bezos Family Foundation has ramped up, its investments have fallen into three main categories: Early Learning, Excellence in K-12 Education, and Youth Leadership and Engagement... On K-12, the foundation has invested in a number of
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Take 5: “5 Years Later: Grading Washington on National Service” and more
Take 5! Here are five social innovation links we are clicking on today: ServiceNation: 5 Years Later: Grading Washington on National Service ServiceNation and Voices for National Service released a report yesterday marking the fifth anniversary of the signing of the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act. The piece focuses on three areas in which leaders in Washington have failed
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Friday Wrap Up: New Profit and its Portfolio Orgs Making the News This Week
Here's a wrap-up of just some of the news New Profit and its portfolio organizations made this week: NEW PROFIT: FORTUNE: Trust the private sector, not Washington, to get job training right With Washington's job training being recognized as an "expensive, bureaucratic, ineffective mess", the private sector is taking the lead on workforce development. America Forward's Senior Policy Advisor, Shirley
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Take 5: “Gerald Chertavian Is Bridging the Opportunity Gap with Year Up” and more
Here's five interesting #SocInn links we're clicking on today: Boston Magazine: Gerald Chertavian Is Bridging the Opportunity Gap with Year Up “Nearly 7 million young Americans lack the skills or education to get a job that will pull them out of poverty. But with the formation of the nonprofit Year Up, Gerald Chertavian has created a solution that’s steering thousands
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