Using Technology to Create a Smart Curriculum
NationSwell Council member Chris Rush is making the dream of personalized learning a reality. As the co-founder of New Classrooms Innovation Partners, Rush is working with schools in 10 states to...
View ArticleThis Is What It’s Like to Run for Public Office
Frustrated by the feeling that his community wasn’t represented, Craig Caruana ran for City Council in New York City under the slogan, “Neighborhood First.” He failed to unseat his incumbent opponent,...
View ArticleBusiness Must Be a Force for Good in Society
As president of CECP, Daryl Brewster is leading a team of more than 200 CEOs who believe that businesses should take a leading role in solving society’s biggest challenges. Recently, NationSwell spoke...
View ArticlePerspective on Poverty: A Systematized Approach to Improving Healthcare
“When you work in global health, it never feels like you’re doing enough — it’s never big enough, it’s never fast enough. People are dying for reasons they shouldn’t be for reasons that should’ve...
View ArticleProfile: Sean Vereen
As speaker of the senate — the second most powerful person in student government at the University of Rochester in New York — Sean Vereen had already been working hard on behalf of his fellow...
View ArticleProfile: Hadi Partovi
As the son of a college professor who helped establish Iran’s Sharif University of Technology, Hadi Partovi has always had a deep-seated appreciation for teachers. “Passionate teachers have been my...
View ArticleMeet the Privacy Expert on a Mission to Protect Your Digital Footprint
In the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a new breed of nationalism took root that trained its attention on the foreigners among us. In response, the federal government adopted a set...
View ArticleWhat Are ‘Political Entrepreneurs’? This Guy Believes They’re the Heroes Who...
“Political entrepreneur” is a phrase NationSwell Council member Kahlil Byrd uses to describe nonprofit leaders and techies who are tackling America’s biggest problems “in a completely innovative,...
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Teetering on the Digital Divide
At Jameira Miller’s high school in Lansdowne, Pa., using technology means punching buttons on a calculator. To use a computer, the soft-spoken senior has to give up lunch to wait in line at the media...
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Putting the Power of Positivity Into Focus
It was 2012 when Nicole Riggs decided to seriously reevaluate her life. The year before, her mother passed away. So did her mother-in-law, a friend’s young daughter and the family dog. As 2012 got...
View ArticleFunding the Social Causes Worth Fighting For
Kim Syman has lofty ideas about how New Profit, a social-impact funding organization that she helped get off the ground 20 years ago this week, can do better work. Much of it involves changing...
View ArticleLeading With Purpose: Insights from AiLun Ku, Opportunity Network President...
Ahead of Summit West 2020, NationSwell is profiling leaders and luminaries from a diverse array of fields to discover how they lead with purpose and inspire others to do the same. For 15 years, the...
View ArticleLeading With Purpose: How Amy Nelson, CEO of ‘Venture for America,’ Stays...
Ahead of Summit West 2020, NationSwell is profiling leaders and luminaries from a diverse array of fields to discover how they lead with purpose and inspire others to do the same. As CEO of Venture for...
View ArticleSummit West 2020: Why DeNora Getachew Leads With Purpose
Ahead of Summit West 2020, NationSwell is profiling leaders and luminaries from a diverse array of fields to discover how they lead with purpose — and inspire others to do the same. For DeNora...
View ArticleHow Adrian Haro Is Fighting to Bolster the Power of Workers Amid the COVID-19...
There’s never been a more urgent time to talk about the workers of America. The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the structural inequities of our society, where workers in essential services — like...
View ArticleThe Opportunity Network’s AiLun Ku on the Importance of ‘Unstoppable Learning’
As President and CEO of The Opportunity Network, AiLun Ku has devoted her professional life to harnessing the inherent talent of every young person of color from historically underrepresented...
View ArticleProfile: Hadi Partovi
As the son of a college professor who helped establish Iran’s Sharif University of Technology, Hadi Partovi has always had a deep-seated appreciation for teachers. “Passionate teachers have been my...
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