October 05, 2016

A Long Distance Runner in the Endless Quest for Good Teachers Who'll Stick Around

October 05, 2016/ Paul Perry

While funding for efforts to recruit and retain talented K-12 teachers has grown exponentially in recent years, Carnegie has been working this problem forever. Where are its grants going these days?

July 14, 2014

Why Carnegie is on a Mission to Make High School Suck Less

July 14, 2014/ Paul Perry

The Carnegie Corporation is already a leader in efforts to redesign secondary education, a sphere often ignored by other funders. Now it's stepping things up further.

February 09, 2014

This Is Silicon Valley's Favorite Ed Reform Group

February 09, 2014/ L.S. Hall

It's no surprise that techies would see entrepreneurship as a key to improving America's school and bankroll an outfit like the NewSchools Venture Fund, which extends the venture capital concept from business to education, investing in "edupreneurs."