Ensuring racial equity in existing work
The Next Phase for Open Education
We miss our teachers who bring their energy and creativity to class.
We miss our teachers who bring their energy and creativity to class.
We Can Rise to Today’s Environmental Challenges
Our world has turned upside down.
Our world has turned upside down.
Resources for Distance Learning
We are curating a list of helpful online learning resources from our partners
We are curating a list of helpful online learning resources from our partners
Whatever Happened to the Common Core State Tests?
What have we learned about the state of state assessments in this report?
What have we learned about the state of state assessments in this report?
New Funds for New Ideas in Economic Policymaking
The new effort will be part of the foundation’s Special Projects, which have included incubating potential initiatives, as well as enabling collaboration with other foundations.
The new effort will be part of the foundation’s Special Projects, which have included incubating potential initiatives, as well as enabling collaboration with other foundations.
Lifting up New Voices in Tech Policy: Four Questions for Susan Hennessey
The Hewlett Foundation’s Cyber Initiative aims to build a field of institutions—staffed by experts diverse in background, experience, and perspective—that can develop solutions to pressing policy challenges.
The Hewlett Foundation’s Cyber Initiative aims to build a field of institutions—staffed by experts diverse in background, experience, and perspective—that can develop solutions to pressing policy challenges.
How the Arts Help Communities Heal After a Disaster: Q&A With Kristen Madsen of Creative Sonoma
Where have the greatest impacts been on artists and arts organizations?
Where have the greatest impacts been on artists and arts organizations?
Collecting Ideas and Insights From Our Education Program Partners
The prospect of this has us both excited and a bit nervous.
The prospect of this has us both excited and a bit nervous.
Why I’m Optimistic About U.S. Democracy – Even Congress!
At a fundamental level, my optimism rests on the structural safeguards of the Constitution’s separation of powers, and the underappreciated and essential role that Congress, reinforced by the electorate, plays in checking and balancing the president.
At a fundamental level, my optimism rests on the structural safeguards of the Constitution’s separation of powers, and the underappreciated and essential role that Congress, reinforced by the electorate, plays in checking and balancing the president.
Is It Time for A Religious Defense of Representative Democracy?
As part of our philanthropic efforts to address the problem of polarization, we are beginning to explore this question with religious and lay leaders.
As part of our philanthropic efforts to address the problem of polarization, we are beginning to explore this question with religious and lay leaders.
Soft is the New Hard
We’re moving from our industrial past to a new Information Age—and education needs to change.
We’re moving from our industrial past to a new Information Age—and education needs to change.
Hewlett, Knight, Koch Foundations, With Other Funders, Will Support Independent Research on Facebook’s Role in Elections and Democracy
In particular, the funders will support relevant research by an independent and diverse committee of scholars, whose expenses will be paid for by the funding consortium.
In particular, the funders will support relevant research by an independent and diverse committee of scholars, whose expenses will be paid for by the funding consortium.
What Are You Going to Do With That Degree in International Relations?
This is the season when college seniors are wondering how, a few months from now, they’ll answer the question, “Did you get a job?”
This is the season when college seniors are wondering how, a few months from now, they’ll answer the question, “Did you get a job?”
Lessons From the Rural West
These findings aren’t earth-shattering but too often inconsistent with how some of us work in the North American West.
These findings aren’t earth-shattering but too often inconsistent with how some of us work in the North American West.
How Can Technology Advance Open Educational Resources?
Increased access to the internet and computing devices by individuals and schools have been instrumental to the growth and institutionalization of the movement toward open educational resources (OER), which are learning materials that can be freely downloaded, edited, and shared.
Increased access to the internet and computing devices by individuals and schools have been instrumental to the growth and institutionalization of the movement toward open educational resources (OER), which are learning materials that can be freely downloaded, edited, and shared.