KF News and Ideas

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?

New Faces at KF: Chandra Shekher

Submitted by Kettering Blog on Thu, 03/27/2014 - 10:48

An interview with KF's new Katherine W. Fanning Fellow.

New Faces at KF: Ángela Navarrete-Cruz

Submitted by Kettering Blog on Thu, 03/27/2014 - 10:44

An interview with one of this year’s international Research Residents at the foundation.

Multinational Research Exchange Plenary: Taking Stock

Submitted by Kettering Blog on Wed, 03/26/2014 - 11:45

Materials and questions for the April Multinational RX Plenary.

Do Americans Really Loathe the Federal Government?

Submitted by Kettering Blog on Fri, 03/14/2014 - 14:26

What does it mean when fewer than 1 in 5 Americans say they are satisfied with the federal government?

Connecting Communities: Sandy Heierbacher & the National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation

Submitted by Jack Becker on Fri, 03/14/2014 - 09:55

An interview with Sandy Heierbacher, the director of the National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD).

The Work of the Citizen

Submitted by Alice Diebel on Fri, 03/07/2014 - 14:39

Why does Kettering use the term "citizen?”

Politics for People: Betty Knighton and the West Virginia Center for Civic Life

Submitted by Jack Becker on Wed, 02/19/2014 - 09:31

Betty Knighton and the West Virginia Center for Civic Life

Friends for Youth to Host Webinars on Developing & Educating Youth

Submitted by Kettering Blog on Tue, 02/11/2014 - 13:16

A series of webinars on educating our youth.

Tough Choices on Health Care–Ready or Not, Here They Come

Submitted by Kettering Blog on Wed, 01/15/2014 - 14:43

Beyond the Polls | January, 2014