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A man with so much to spend but so little time
One evening last spring, as a fierce north-easter tore through the New York region, Gara LaMarche settled in to watch The Sopranos and bake batches of muffins. The next morning, baked goodies safely stowed in Ziploc bags, he set off for the offices of The…
Author: Financial Times
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Meddling parents of grown children pay a dear price
By Sharon Jayson Parents who stay close to their grown children have a positive influence well after they’ve left the nest, but those who overdo it and meddle too much endanger their relationship, several new studies suggest. Findings by researchers at Brigham Young University and…
Author: USAToday
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Retirement With A Purpose
When Betty Otte retired in the mid-1990s, she was burned out and ready for some well-deserved rest and relaxation. For 10 years, she had worked hard managing more than a dozen weight loss centers in the Orange County, Calif., area, where she was in charge…
Author: Forbes Magazine
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Research Forum on Quality After-School Programs for Middle School Students
In November, 2007 the Center sponsored the second in an on-going series of research forums in which after-school practitioners learn from leading scholars about pressing issues in their field. The topic was achieving quality and maximizing outcomes for middle school students who attend after-school programs.…
Author: The Center for After-School Excellence
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Teaching Kids Whole-Life Skills
At the Arts and Technology Academy in Northeast, sex education is taking a distinctly different tack. Moving far beyond anatomy, educators at the charter school are using what they call an “above the waist” approach to help prevent teen pregnancy. Teacher Willa Reinhard walks around…
Author: Washington Post
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The Purpose Prize: Often the Best Chapters are the Later Ones
When Gordon Johnson was a teenager, his Dad took in two nieces and two nephews whose parents were unable to care for them. He never forgot his father’s big-spirited act, or the neglect by government care agencies that made it necessary. Mr. Johnson pursued a…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Our Schools Must Do Better
I asked a high school kid walking along Commonwealth Avenue if he knew who the vice president of the United States was. He thought for a moment and then said, “No.” I told him to take a guess. He thought for another moment, looked at…
Author: New York Times
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Way to Grow
Charities use business practices to rapidly expand their programs Harlem Children’s Zone, in New York City, works with 10,000 children a year, up from just 1,500 in 1990 – and it plans to grow by another 50 percent in the next four years. Teach for…
Author: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
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A Time to Serve
As the Constitutional Convention of 1787 came to a close, after three and a half months of deliberation, a lady asked Dr. Franklin, “Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?” “A republic,” replied the Doctor, “if you can keep it.” –…
Author: Time Magazine
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How Will We Reach the 'Tipping Point' in a New Movement for Older Americans?
At the beginning of every nonprofit movement – whether it succeeds or fails – the founders probably feel like Odysseus. No matter how much momentum you start with, and how many battles you win in creating an idea and whipping up enthusiasm for it, actually…
Author: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
