Impact Stories | Charles Koch Institute

01-25-2021

VELA Education Fund supports innovative Atlanta learning pod

Innovators Mikayla Streeter and Khabral Muhammad explain how they responded to demand for new education models during COVID-19.

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01-25-2021

Recidiviz provides actionable data to fuel criminal justice reform

Recidiviz Co-founder and Executive Director Clementine Jacoby details the organization’s work in a new Stand Together-sponsored video.

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01-20-2021

Emerging stronger in 2021

People with first-hand knowledge of the challenges in our country often have the best ideas of how to solve them.

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12-02-2020

Recidiviz uses open-source data to create a fairer criminal-justice system

The Recidiviz platform empowers states with real-time analysis, reports, alerts, and dashboards powered by case-level data.

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10-12-2020

No one can get through life alone – especially work life – which is why mentors and advisers play a central role in the Koch Associate Program, the Koch Internship Program, and the Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism Fellowship.

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10-06-2020

Fighting extremism with education

Adam Neufeld, vice president of innovation and strategy for the Anti-Defamation League, discusses the organization’s plans along with the reasons for rising extremism and why addressing cyberhate is one of ADL’s top priorities.

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09-03-2020

How Market-Based Management® cultivates a contribution mindset

The Koch Associate Program (KAP), a year-long opportunity that blends professional development with real work experience, works with early-career professionals who want to discover their passions, develop their unique talents, and jumpstart their careers as social entrepreneurs.

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08-28-2020

How families and students — not institutions — are innovating education

We recently spoke with Adam Peshek, a Charles Koch Institute senior fellow, who covers a range of education policy issues, from education choice to innovative learning models.

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08-18-2020

Customizing K-12 education to meet the individual needs of students and families

CKI's Lisa Snell offers her perspective on how the ongoing pandemic may affect education, challenges of our current educational system, and how she’d like to see a “permissionless” system.

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08-14-2020

Finding her true purpose: How one woman is transforming her life with the help of the Koch Associate Program

Tanya Gonzalez commuted between Boston and Washington, D.C. to participate in the Koch Associates Program, which she credits for giving her the space to think, to debate, and to look at challenges in new ways. We caught up with her recently, and she shared her story with us.

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