What Changes to the U.S. Education System Are Needed ...
May 10, 2021 · At Carnegie Corporation of New York, we focus on supporting people who are in a position to meet this challenge. That includes the full spectrum of educators, administrators, family members, and others who shape young people’s learning experiences as they progress toward and into adulthood.
Voting Rights: A Short History - Carnegie Corporation of New York
Nov 18, 2019 · By Carnegie Corporation of New York November 18, 2019. Challenges to voting rights in this country, like the ones we've seen recently, are hardly a 21st-century invention. Entrenched groups have long tried to keep the vote out of the hands of the less powerful. Indeed, America began its great democratic experiment in the late 1700s by granting ...
15 Myths About Immigration Debunked - Carnegie Corporation of …
Sep 27, 2021 · Immigrants use significantly less welfare than native-born Americans. MYTH #4: “Immigrants increase the budget deficit and government debt.”. Immigrants in the United States have about a net zero effect on government budgets — they pay about as much in taxes as they consume in benefits. MYTH #5: “Immigrants increase economic inequality ...
Twenty Lessons for Fighting Tyranny | Carnegie Reporter Winter …
Dec 23, 2022 · Do not obey in advance. Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked.
How Do Dictatorships Survive in the 21st Century?
Dec 6, 2022 · Before the twentieth century, no states were fully democratic. Even those that held free and fair elections denied most women the vote. Only five countries had universal male suffrage in 1900 — and not the United States, where African Americans were disenfranchised in the Jim Crow South.
Why Citizenship for Undocumented Immigrants Matters for U.S.
Mar 8, 2022 · There are 10.4 million undocumented immigrants working and living in the United States. Approximately 5 million of them are considered essential workers — serving as health care professionals and staff at hospitals, as agricultural and farm workers producing the country’s food, as delivery drivers and grocery store clerks, and in other industries that have helped keep the country afloat.
How to Implement Accelerated Learning Successfully
Aug 31, 2021 · Grantee Insights. EL Education. Ron Berger, Senior Advisor, Teaching and Learning. We need to support teachers to empower students to own their learning. This requires strong relationships, assessments that are low-stakes and formative, and ongoing opportunities for students to share strengths, challenges, growth, and goals.
Why We Must Connect Education and the Future of Work
Feb 3, 2022 · A lack of alignment among K–12, higher education, and the world of work threatens to compromise our resilience and success as a country. Education leaders at the Corporation argue that we must redesign our educational systems to reach a broader …
A Dozen Ways to Increase Voting in the United States
Sep 12, 2022 · For decades, Carnegie Corporation of New York has supported grantees that have developed and advocated for the policies to increase voting in the United States described by E.J. Dionne Jr. and Miles Rapoport in their book 100% Democracy: The Case for Universal Voting with a foreword by Heather McGhee (The New Press, 2022). These policies, which have been tested and evaluated over the years ...
The Gospel of Wealth | Carnegie Corporation of New York
The Gospel of Wealth by Andrew Carnegie. Originally titled simply “Wealth” and published in the North American Review in June 1889, Andrew Carnegie’s essay “The Gospel of Wealth” is considered a foundational document in the field of philanthropy. Carnegie believed in giving wealth away during one’s lifetime, and this essay includes one of his most famous quotes, “The man who dies ...