Articles & Interviews

With the new Public Policy Fellowship, the Jacobs Foundation gives talented individuals the opportunity to drive forward changes in the political arena, the business community and society at large.

Values hold a society together. Every culture develops and lives by its own values, as does every institution. In 2017, the Jacobs Foundation team explored this topic in depth.

The Dart Center is offering a four-day global reporting institute for journalists on early childhood development, trauma, and resilience June 28 – July 1 at Columbia Journalism School in New York City. The application deadline is April 9, 2018.

Since 2015, the Foundation and the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business have selected young people each year to participate in a two-year Entrepreneurship Career Program. Tyler Saltiel shares with us his insights about the pursuit of meaningful work.

Starting kindergarten can be difficult. The Meierhöfli School has launched a new project designed to help children as they make this transition. We take a look at a special kind of kindergarten.

The world’s largest cocoa and chocolate companies have joined TRECC to boost quality of education in rural Ivory Coast. With the help of local and international development organizations, the companies will implement different education models.

Psychologist Jessica C. Buehler has been focusing in her research on how dialect-based language processing is characterized at the brain level, and how speaking a dialect may affect learning to read and write in school.

Don’t miss the opportunity to apply for the unique “Learning Sciences Exchange” fellowship programme, which is designed to facilitate the discussion between scientists, journalists, entertainers and policy-makers.

From February 1 until February 2, 2018 the Global Partnership for Education Financing Conference (GPE) takes place in Dakar. It will be the first time a donor and developing country co-host such an event, symbolizing the spirit of true partnership.