Cambridge, Mass. – The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University today announced the finalists for the 2009 Annie E. Casey Innovations Award in Children and Family System Reform. Selected by social services policy experts and practitioners from Harvard and institutions around the country, these three government initiatives demonstrate a commitment to public sector reforms that benefit disadvantaged children and families.
Programs Compete for 2009 Innovations in American Government Awards
Cambridge, Mass. – The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University today announced the 2009 Top 50 Government Innovations competing for the Innovations in American Government Awards. Representing the work of city, county, state, federal, and tribal government agencies, the Top 50 were selected from over 600 applicants. Six Innovations in American Government Award winners will be announced in September.
Center to Become Leader in the Study of Democratic Governance
Cambridge, Mass. – February 5, 2009 – “This is one of the defining moments of the school,” Dean David Ellwood announced at Wednesday’s (Feb. 5, 2009) Ash Center inaugural panel “Democracy in the 21st Century: Global Challenges and Opportunities.” Calling the event “a celebration of the next generation of the Ash Center in which we are exposing you to the best thinking going on at Harvard Kennedy School,” Ellwood introduced Director Anthony Saich, who will spearhead the Center’s initiative to...
Cambridge, Mass. – May 15, 2009 – The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University today announced its student fellows for the 2009 summer term. Nine Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) degree students will participate in Innovations, Urban Policy, or Latin American Government on-site summer fellowships.
The Ash Center summer fellowship program is part of the Institute’s broader efforts to enrich students’ HKS experience while enhancing the Institute’s studies of democratic governance...
16 Programs Compete for Ash Center’s Innovations Awards
Cambridge, Mass. – The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University today announced the finalists for the 2009 Innovations in American Government Awards. These 16 programs represent innovations at the city, county, state, and federal levels of government and were selected from a pool of over 600 initial applicants after rigorous rounds of evaluation. Winners of the 2009 Innovations in American Government Awards will be...
Harvard Kennedy School's Ash Center Honors Initiative to Improve Academic Achievement in Inner City Schools
Cambridge, Mass. – The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University yesterday announced New Leaders for New Schools partnership with the Chicago Public School District as a 2009 Innovations in American Government winner. New Leaders for New Schools is designed to drive up academic achievement by recruiting and training effective school principals. The program is one of six government innovations honored at yesterday’s Innovations in American Government Awards ceremony and will receive a grant towards the dissemination of its innovation around the country.... Read more about New Leaders for New Schools Wins Innovations Award
Cambridge, Mass. – The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University today announced the semifinalists for the 2009 Annie E. Casey Innovations Award in Children and Family System Reform. These six programs offer meaningful public sector reforms that benefit disadvantaged children and families.... Read more about Semifinalists for Annie E. Casey Innovations in Children and Family System Reform Award Announced
Cambridge, Mass. – Today the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University launches the three-day conference China Goes Global. Convening academics, business leaders, and public officials from around the world, the conference will explore the increasingly global presence of Chinese firms and the resulting social, political, and economic influences of such globalization.
As the world’s most populous nation, China is home to the second largest economy in terms of purchasing power and...
Cambridge, Mass. – The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University today announced 11 new fellows for the spring 2009 term. As representatives from academic, government, and business sectors in Asia, fellows will pursue independent research while residing at the Ash Center's Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia. For over eight years, the Rajawali Fellows Program has been leveraging the considerable talent of academics and practitioners from countries throughout the world... Read more about Ash Center Welcomes Rajawali Fellows
