We’re engaged in a debate about the worth of human beings, but afraid to call it that. Have you heard these phrases, or maybe even said them yourself? We’ve gone …
BRAGGING RIGHTS: What we do works!
First, click on the image below and tell me what you see! Just in case charts and graphs and data aren’t your thing, let me summarize in words: Our students …
Discretion and Accountability
Sometimes, it’s the small stuff. When Paul Arenberg first approached me in 2010 about an Executive Director’s discretionary fund, I said a hasty “no thank you.” My public policy and …
Redemption
I read a letter aloud to several staff members last week. After I finished, Program Director Thurman Young summed up the story as one of redemption, practically writing the blogpost …
The Social Utility of Scholarships, c.1926
In 1926, six years after the first interest-free loan was made, Scholarship Foundation founder Meta Bettman typed out a five-page essay, explaining the connection between this seemingly individual act (a …
Protest is personal
At 3, my daughter somehow knew to raise her right fist, close her eyes, and declare herself. Doing so did not diminish her love for her baby brother or her …