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On March 19th, Getting Smart and Education Reimagined hosted the Getting Smart Town Hall focusing on the advancement of learner-centered ecosystems across the nation. This event featured our very own Dr. Val Brown, Director of Future of Learning, who sat on a panel with other innovative leaders: Emily Liebtag, Chief Innovation…
While the value of a college degree is increasingly scrutinized in the public arena, it remains undeniable that a postsecondary education is a powerful lever for achieving social and economic mobility in the United States.
This is an excerpt by Mushtaq Gunja and Sara Gast of the Carnegie Classifications on Higher Education. For the full article, visit acenet.edu. Since 1973, the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education has served as the predominant framework to classify American colleges and universities. It was originally created for researchers as…
At this year’s Carnegie Foundation Summit on Improvement in Education, XQ Institute, a 2024 sponsor, is leading the charge in transforming the educational landscape with two exciting, dynamic sessions. Reimagining High School: Watch, Lunch, and Learn is a standout session where attendees are treated to a special screening of The…
Below is Carnegie President Timothy Knowles’s opening to our February 2024 newsletter. Join our mailing list for additional resources and recommended reads. Sign Up for the Carnegie Foundation Newsletter Dear Friends and Colleagues,If you’ve had the chance to read any of the featured stories included in previous editions of this…
Below is Carnegie President Timothy Knowles’s opening to our January 2024 newsletter. Join our mailing list for additional resources and recommended reads. Sign Up for the Carnegie Foundation Newsletter Dear Friends and Colleagues,Happy New Year! I hope you and your loved ones had a wonderful holiday, stayed healthy, and are…
When different stakeholders organize together to deeply understand thorny problems and to work together to learn their way into effective solutions, powerful things happen. Last spring, individuals from around the world, who sit in different roles and connect to different parts of their educational systems, shared the headlines of their…
Below is Carnegie President Timothy Knowles’s opening to our December 2023 newsletter. Join our mailing list for additional resources and recommended reads. Sign Up for the Carnegie Foundation Newsletter Dear Friends and Colleagues, Every year in December, I read poetry. Poems help me slow down, listen, and think anew. Recently,…
In mid-October, Guilford County Schools (GCS) hosted participants of the Carnegie Learning Leadership Network (Carnegie LLN) to explore career and community partnerships within the district. The focus of this network of district leadership teams, which is part of the Foundation’s larger Future of Learning portfolio, is to support, showcase, and…
The following Q&A features insights from Samuel Onyango Omondi, an African Leadership University (ALU) student pursuing a bachelor’s (B.Sc Hons) in software engineering. Samuel was one of 20 ALU students to participate in the 2023 Global Leadership Program, a month-long entrepreneurial leadership immersive learning experience in Silicon Valley at the…
The following Q&A features insights from Nqobile Jenipher Ncube, an African Leadership University (ALU) student pursuing a bachelor’s (Hons) in social sciences. Nqobile was one of 20 ALU students to participate in the 2023 Global Leadership Program, a month-long entrepreneurial leadership immersive learning experience in Silicon Valley at the Carnegie…
The following Q&A features insights from Nwalahnjie Anye Akumawah, an African Leadership University (ALU) student pursuing a bachelor’s (B.Sc Hons) in software engineering. Nwalahnjie was one of 20 ALU students to participate in the 2023 Global Leadership Program, a month-long entrepreneurial leadership immersive learning experience in Silicon Valley at the…
At the close of the Global Leadership Program this summer, student participants ran a week-long design sprint and proposed user-centered solutions to Afrocentric issues in one of the three thematic areas explored throughout the program: Education Futures (EdTech), Sustainable/Smart Agriculture, and Affordable Health (Health Tech). Students formed design teams to…
Below is Carnegie President Timothy Knowles’s opening to our November 2023 newsletter. Click here to read the full newsletter, and join our mailing list for additional resources and recommended reads. Sign Up for the Carnegie Foundation Newsletter Dear Friends and Colleagues,At a time when our nation often seems so divided,…
In August, I traveled to Rwanda at the invitation of Fred Swaniker, founder of the African Leadership University (ALU) and senior fellow at the Carnegie Foundation. I was invited to participate with a group of global advisors to help reimagine Rwandan higher education policies with the Minister of Education and…
We are delighted to announce the September launch of the National Center for School-University Partnerships (NCSUP) at the University of Mississippi School of Education. The National Center for School-University Partnerships emerges from the work of the Carnegie Foundation’s Improvement Leadership Education and Development network. iLEAD focuses on strengthening relationships between school districts…