Two agencies for street youth capture $7.7 million grant
Instead of competing for scarce foundation dollars, ROOTS and YouthCare linked services and applied jointly to Raynier Institute & Foundation.
Judy Lightfoot
Judy Lightfoot writes about how the region's people confront a variety of challenges. She often draws on her weekly one-on-one coffees with individuals sharing our public spaces who are socially isola
Latest work
Nutshell review: A hoot from the future
"The Violet Hour" is now playing at Seattle Public Theater, recalling Fitzgerald's Jazz Age and mixing it up with an ominous future.
Equity
A daughter's Valentine’s Day story
Her father was frail and nearly blind, without much money. His final gift to her was as valuable as it was unintended.
Politics
American education: a 'national Katrina '
Harlem Children’s Zone leader Geoffrey Canada urges change, saying despair is contagious but so is hope.
Politics
A key value for charter schools: No empty promises made to kids
Do effective KIPP charter schools in the Bay Area have anything to teach us? Here's the candid talk inside a faculty lunchroom.