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Articles by Gislaine Ngounou
Fixing Teacher Shortage Means Confronting Bias & Racism. Philanthropy Can Help
Keep The 74 free for everyone. All donations will be matched dollar for dollar. Support The 74's year-end campaign. Every gift will be matched dollar for dollar. The educator shortage is a complex, multi-layered challenge that communities throughout the country have faced for decades.
The fraught connection between state and school
Schools are increasingly unable to serve their original purpose of creating a shared civic community. What does this mean for their relationship to the state? The nation state and the public school grew up together during the 19th century, with each enabling the development of the other.
OPINION: Early data offers a sobering look at interrupted and incomplete learning, but there is hope ahead
As young people, families and educators near the end of yet another hectic pandemic school year, new research studying the early impact of remote learning offers a sobering look at experiences and outcomes, including interrupted and incomplete learning. The latest study from Harvard’s Center for Education Policy Research is based on testing data from 2.1 million students across the country.
We must confront the past to move forward
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This Moment Shows Us Why Philanthropy Should Reinvent Itself
Brooklyn Museum / CC BY Much of the philanthropic community is earning praise for its response to COVID-19. To date, funders across the country have provided over $10 billion in grants, prompting some to even dub the pandemic as philanthropy’s “shining moment.” While it is encouraging to see many stepping up, foundations should use this experience to reflect on the strengths and shortfalls of our work, and how we can better wield our power and privilege to support communities in the future.
A statement from Joshua P. Starr
The professional journal for educators Search Once again, our nation is being torn apart by the senseless killings of unarmed Black people. George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor are just the latest victims in a centuries-old pattern of brutality. As a lifelong educator and the CEO of PDK International, I am firmly committed to the belief that education is the foundation upon which collective healing and change will be accomplished.
In the March Toward Equity and Justice, Foundations Need to Remember: It’s Not Our Money to Control
Recently, five CEOs of foundations made news in philanthropic circles by pledging to help grantees cover costs that prevent them from doing and sustaining work that advances their missions—things like rent, technology and other overhead.
Confronting colorblindness
Colorblindness is socially acceptable bias that lives in our personal and institutional beliefs. Its existence inhibits our ability to recognize and respond to the realities of the lives of students of color. During a fall opening conference day for a school district, I provided a keynote on different forms of bias, with a focus on the notion of colorblindness.
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