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INFO GRAPHIC | 2 comments

Infographic of the Day: Does Adding Teachers Improve Education?

BY Cliff Kuang
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Nov 10, 2009 at 9:18 AM

This graph proves the complexity of educational reform.READ»

SCHOOL DESIGN | Comment

East Harlem School: Contemporary Design, at a Bargain Price

BY Cliff Kuang
Relevancy Score: 90
Fri Jul 17, 2009 at 12:08 PM

Peter L. Gluck and Partners have just completed a new school in New York--and gave back $500,000 to the board after finishing.READ»

SEVEN THINGS | 3 comments

Seven Entertaining Things Online This Week

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 90
Fri May 8, 2009 at 2:39 PM

While kids in Harlem free their minds, kids in Britain are getting prosecuted for politically incorrect jokes. If that makes you lose all hope for the world, well, there's always the prospect of a long, isolated trip to the moon. On second thought, just go surfing, dream of 3G MacBooks, and kick back to some of the Internet's finest viral cat videos.READ»

CAREER DEVELOPMENT | 3 comments

Exploring the Wide World of Work

Relevancy Score: 88
Mon Jun 14, 2004 at 10:53 AM

I'm an intern here at Fast Company this summer, doing anything I can to help out around the office while learning the ropes of magazine journalism. This is my first REAL office job -- other summers in high school and college I ...READ»

NOT-FOR-PROFIT | 13 comments

Why Overhead Isn’t Evil in the Non-Profit World

BY Nancy Lublin
Relevancy Score: 71
Wed Jul 1, 2009 at 2:00 PM

Overhead is seen as the devil of the not-for-profit world. Here's why that conventional wisdom is wrong.READ»

GENERATIONAL RELATIONS | Comment

The Monroe Doctrine

BY Keith H. Hammonds
Relevancy Score: 65
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:08 AM

When Lorraine Monroe became principal of Harlem's Frederick Douglass School, it was well known for violence, poor attendance, and a low level of academic achievement. Five years later, student test scores ranked it among New York City's best high schools.READ»

PHILANTHROPY | Comment

A High-Tech Body Shop

BY Fiona Haley
Relevancy Score: 63
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:49 AM

Problem: How to dispose of corporate PCs. Solution: Recondition them for sale to low-income families.READ»

KONIOR JASON | Comment

Konior Jason

BY jasonkoniorinc1 jasonkoniorinc1
Relevancy Score: 60
Wed Apr 29, 2009 at 9:10 AM

Fund Konior Jason One night I took my girlfriend to the famed Savoy Ballroom in Harlem to dance. I remember Erskine Hawkin's band was there, Erskine was famous for his record, "Tuxedo Junction." As we entered the Savoy, ...READ»

TECHNOLOGY | 1 comment

Technology: Personal Expenses

BY Bill Cammack
Relevancy Score: 59
Thu Sep 6, 2007 at 10:52 PM

When I was hanging out with Rox (Darling, from beachwalks.tv and barefeetstudios.com) @ BlogHerBiz '07 back in March, something striking [at least to me] occurred. We did the conference thing and hung out for a few hours, and when ...READ»

DO SOMETHING | 10 comments

Stinking It Up: Lessons From a PR Failure

BY Nancy Lublin
Relevancy Score: 48
Thu Oct 1, 2009 at 2:00 PM

We had a big party, but got no buzz. Lessons from a PR failure.READ»

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Do Online Education and Training Click?

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 44
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:38 AM

Rex Adams Rex Adams is the dean of the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. Wrote about: Do Online Education and Training Click? Is reading: On a daily basis ... the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, and the New ...READ»

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Between The Lines

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 44
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:44 AM

The stories behind this issue's stories.READ»

INNOVATION | Comment

The Divide by Paul Tough

BY Corey Blay
Relevancy Score: 42
Mon Oct 13, 2008 at 9:35 AM

The Divide The debate I wrote aboutyesterday, between the teachers-union wing of the Democratic Party and the pro-charter-school education-reform wing, is in some ways a symptom of a even deeper divide between two competing ...READ»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION | Comment

The Creative Odyssey

BY Curtis Sittenfeld
Relevancy Score: 41
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:06 AM

How idea companies get their ideas.READ»

INNOVATION | Comment

How to Wow

BY Cheryl Dahle
Relevancy Score: 39
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:03 AM

Meet three project experts who can teach you the Art of Wow!READ»

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY | Comment

The Harlem Shuffle

BY Tim Manners
Relevancy Score: 37
Fri May 9, 2008 at 1:29 PM

My daily online missive may be called "Cool News" but sometimes the stories I write about are anything but cool. In fact, every once in a while the news is the opposite of cool. That was certainly true of a news item I ...READ»

CHANGE AGENTS | 2 comments

'I'm a Saboteur.'

BY Daniel H. Pink
Relevancy Score: 37
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:20 AM

Brainpower is more important than ever, but education seems more backward than ever. John Taylor Gatto, an award-winning teacher, now aims to overthrow the public-school establishment for which he worked for 30 years.READ»

ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT | 4 comments

University Sprawl

Relevancy Score: 33
Thu Aug 31, 2006 at 6:49 PM

My college, Columbia University, is planning a takeover in West Harlem. Within 25 years, University officials say, Columbia will expand with a new, $7 billion, 17-acre, Renzo Piano-designed satellite campus in "Manhattanville." ...READ»

INNOVATION | 3 comments

Bottled Up

BY Jamie Bryan
Relevancy Score: 30
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:14 AM

Just When Cristal got kicked out of the party, Hip-hop fixture Branson B. was rolling out his own champagne. So where are his famous friends now? Hey, it's just business.READ»

CARNEGIE COUNCIL | 1 comment

Advancing Ethical Business Leadership

BY Alice Korngold
Relevancy Score: 27
Thu Jun 25, 2009 at 11:20 AM

“Companies are both the cause and the solution of the biggest problems we face, including the financial crisis and climate change. These are man-made commercial crises,” according to Devin Stewart, in a private interview this ...READ»

LEADERSHIP MENTORING | Comment

Leader on the Edge

BY Curtis Sittenfeld
Relevancy Score: 27
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:08 AM

World-renowned explorer Robert Swan is the first person ever to walk to both the North and South Poles. Now he's teaching businesspeople about leadership under life-and-death conditions.READ»

ONLINE BUSINESS | Comment

The Day the Wheels Fell off Kozmo.com

BY Peter Kempe
Relevancy Score: 26
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:37 AM

So this is how the world of a dotcom ends, not with a bang but with some soon-to-expire Fresh Samantha juice. A tale of the last days of Kozmo.com, told by one of the last remaining Kozmonauts.READ»

ENTERTAINMENT | 6 comments

The Selling of An Album: Jay-Z's American Gangster

BY Lynne d Johnson
Relevancy Score: 25
Thu Nov 8, 2007 at 6:17 PM

When Jay-Z (née Shawn Carter), the rapper turned music mogul and top Forbes hip-hop money maker (banking an estimated $34 million in 2006), first announced that he was inspired by the film American Gangster and was coming out of ...READ»

INTERNET MARKETING | Comment

Pioneering Women Who Are Breaking Through the Digital Ceiling Part 2

BY Allyson Kapin
Relevancy Score: 24
Thu May 7, 2009 at 9:08 PM

Shireen Mitchell, Founder of Digital Sisters/Sistas, Chair of the media and technology task force of the National Council of Women's Organizations (Geekette '84) and one of the founders of the Fem 2.0 Conference and Social Media ...READ»

SOCIAL ENTERPRISE | 1 comment

Pimping His Ride--and the Push to Cure a Fatal Disease

BY Jeff Chu
Relevancy Score: 24
Thu Jun 11, 2009 at 12:55 PM

How a roadtrip for 12 buddies turned into a movie and a nationwide campaign to raise money for the battle against Duchenne muscular dystrophy.READ»

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