KF News and Ideas

Making Scholarship Tangible: Syracuse University & Imagining America

Submitted by Jack Becker on Tue, 05/27/2014 - 11:45

Former RA Jack Becker interviews Timothy Eatman, codirector of Imagining America and faculty member at Syracuse University’s School of Education.

Valerie A. Lemmie Joins the Kettering Foundation

Submitted by Kettering Blog on Mon, 05/05/2014 - 09:03

Valerie A. Lemmie will join the Kettering Foundation as director of exploratory research, effective May 5.

Observations from a Hub of Local Democracy in Colorado

Submitted by Jack Becker on Tue, 04/22/2014 - 09:39

An interview with Martín Carcasson, an associate professor of communication studies at Colorado State University (CSU) and founding director of the CSU Center for Public Deliberation (CPD).

The Common Core – Why Isn't Public Support More Robust?

Submitted by Kettering Blog on Fri, 04/18/2014 - 11:00

The development and implementation of the new, voluntary Common Core learning standards in literacy and math got off to an impressive start. Now, however, the Common Core is meeting forceful resistance from both the right and the left. How did an idea that started off with so much support become so controversial?