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Blogs by Forum staff and by leaders around the country about getting young people ready for college, work and life.
Why Teaching is Harder than Rocket Science
Karen Pittman
Friday, December 20, 2013
While it may not be on their list to Santa, there’s one thing that every kid wants and needs: a good teacher. Take time over the holidays to read this insightful and informative story from Ryan Fuller, a former NASA engineer who is now an 11th grade math teacher – one who is humbled by the revelation that teaching is harder than rocket science.
YouthBuild Grads Stir Inspiration and Anger
Karen Pittman
Thursday, December 19, 2013
The YouthBuild board of directors spent Friday morning at the Sasha Bruce YouthBuild Program in a very poor section of Washington, D.C. For two hours, we listened to six recent graduates talk about their pasts, their futures and the transformations they experienced because of the program and the commitment of the staff.
Harnessing Collective Impact to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
Kim Nolte
Friday, October 25, 2013
While Ready by 21 helps communities implement collective impact strategies across all issues and age groups, those strategies can also be used to address specific issues in a community among specific groups of youth. Just look at Atlanta, where leaders have joined together in a broad-scale Ready by 21 initiative while also addressing individual areas of concern. We invited one of those leaders – Kim Nolte of the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power & Potential – to tell you about how collective impact is helping them progress on combating teen pregnancy.
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Back to School, with Better Data
Karen Pittman
Friday, September 20, 2013
While the start of each school year brings renewed commitments to improve learning, I'm especially excited this year to see a growing commitment among leaders around the country to expand learning beyond the classroom and beyond the traditional school day.
Life is a Gift
Karen Pittman
Monday, August 12, 2013
Life is a gift. We all know this. But there are times when the juxtaposition of events makes us pause to remember it. Saturday was one of those days.
Late Friday, I heard the news that one of the Forum’s newest friends and board members, Bill Henningsgaard, died in an airplane accident with his son. Bill and Max were visiting colleges on the East Coast when the plane he was piloting crashed in East Haven, Conn.