Commentary, perspectives, and research.
Did you see this article in the Wall Street Journal by Bill Gates? He’s hoping for better measurement, clear goal-setting, stakeholder buy-in, feedback loops, and accountability to solve the world’s problems.
Sound familar?
“If I could wave a wand,” Gates writes, “I’d love to have | Read more >
Quite a connection, quite a conversation.
Earlier this week, we hosted a webinar with the Harvard University Center on the Developing Child to talk about brain science and toxic stress, and how it relates to Promise Neighborhoods.
We heard about some tremendous efforts underway in | Read more >
If you missed the excellent Strive and PNI webinar “Aligning for Impact: Connecting Promise Neighborhoods and Cradle to Career Civic Infrastructure,” it’s now available for download! (Click the link and scroll down to the “Aligning for Impact” section.)
Not only that, you can | Read more >
Interesting new work from the National Center on Time and Learning and the Ford Foundation could affect tens of thousands of students in five states across the country!
Read the press release below for more.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 3, 2012
CONTACT
George Mastoras
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More likely, you know how important media work is to the success of your Promise Neighborhood but may not have the time, or maybe you need a bit more direction.
Say no more! Check out our brand new media toolkit to answer questions about how to write compelling stories, craft | Read more >
Our own director, Michael McAfee, presented on a webinar with Strive and a few community leaders -- those building Promise Neighborhoods and regional cradle to career infrastructures -- to talk about how our efforts can complement each other.
Aligning for Impact: Connecting Promise | Read more >
If you’ve already voted, here’s a nice little piece by Harlem Children’s Zone President and CEO Geoffrey Canada in the latest Parade Magazine, offering a simple solution to improving education: Promise Neighborhoods!
(Were you surprised?)
In a section entitled, “Attention, Mr. | Read more >
There’s almost seven hours of footage from yesterday’s 2012 Opportunity Nation Summit. If you’ve got a free day, it’s all worthwhile viewing, but maybe you have to pick your kids up from school, buy groceries, go to the gym, or go to work.
Allow us to point out a few excellent | Read more >
Lots of good vibes (and good resources) flowing to sunny southern California Promise Neighborhoods!
Boyle Heights received a $600,000 AT&T Aspire grant for their Promise Neighborhood, which will assist their academic strategies.
Youth Policy Institute has been feeling the love as | Read more >
In an interview with NBC News, Paul Tough, author of Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada’s Quest to Change Harlem and America, and a recent New York Times article on poverty, says he thinks Promise Neighborhoods should have been at the center of the administration’s education | Read more >
Paul Tough’s article in the Sunday New York Times Magazine highlights Promise Neighborhoods as part of President Obama’s ambitious agenda to combat community-level poverty (paragraphs about Promise Neighborhoods from the article are copied below).
We want to let the nation know how | Read more >
Deycy Hernandez couldn’t believe what she was seeing. Just moments ago, the stern-faced gentleman standing next to her appeared impassive while his wife and daughters were jumping for joy. It wasn’t until Hernandez noticed the tears rolling down his cheeks that she realized how | Read more >
The deadline for the FY 2012 Promise Neighborhoods grants was this past Friday, and there was a huge show of interest from across the country.
A total of 242 applications were submitted–60 implementation grant applications, and 182 planning grant applications.
These numbers | Read more >
We’re in the home stretch! This Friday is the due date for applicants vying for Promise Neighborhoods funding in FY 2012.
We can’t stress enough how important it is to make sure your organization is registered with grants.gov, and to submit your application EARLY to troubleshoot | Read more >
Research shows that mentoring matters. Personalized instructional support from an adult to a child is a powerful tool that speeds up and deepens learning. The United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County and San Antonio’s Eastside Promise Neighborhood are building on this premise by | Read more >
Congratulations to our very own director, Michael McAfee, for his Community Indicators Consortium Leadership award! He’s been named an Emerging Leader, which is a leader under the age of 45 that has “demonstrated extraordinary contribution to the indicators field with cutting-edge | Read more >
Congratulations to our very own director, Michael McAfee, for his Community Indicators Consortium Leadership award! He’s been named an Emerging Leader, which is a leader under the age of 45 that has “demonstrated extraordinary contribution to the indicators field with cutting-edge | Read more >
What do you do?
PolicyLink CEO and founder Angela Glover Blackwell has some suggestions in her new Huffington Post piece–which includes an excellent example of equity-focused giving from Surdna Foundation president Phillip Henderson. Plus, she gives us a shout-out!
“I spend a good | Read more >
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved $80 million for Promise Neighborhoods in the FY 2013 budget.
The Promise Neighborhoods program, initiated in 2010 with $10 | Read more >
We’ve been super excited about the new Race to the Top–District grants available because of the focus on place, and the ability to make decisions at the neighborhood level.
Our friends at Coalition for Community Schools are hosting a webinar on this very topic to give you a handle | Read more >