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Why your support of PSCS matters:
I was reading an article about an author who has just written a book on philanthropy. In reflecting on the extraordinary legacy of charitable giving—the libraries, the museums, the hospitals, the schools— that has helped build this country, she said something about our history of generosity that gave me a shiver: “The important thing to understand is that we’re not generous because we’re rich, we’re rich because we’re generous.”
This author’s belief, which I share, is that through charitable giving, we’ve invested. We’ve invested in our neighborhoods, in our cities, in ourselves. And those investments in community invariably yield the richest returns.
So here’s a question: What can we build together? That’s what we’re working to figure out. This year, our strategic planning work will focus on figuring out how to bring this education model to scale.
It can be depressing listening to the national debate on education. Everyone seems to agree that the existing paradigm is dysfunctional, but how should we fix it? The range of debate is mostly limited to which incentives, which extrinsic motivators, which threats and punishments will be most successful in coercing students to follow directions. This, of course, misses the point. The answer lies not in forcing students to become something they’re not. It’s about helping them become more of who they already are. That’s a model for change that can scale.
Thank you for giving a gift to support PSCS. We’re going to build something extraordinary, and we’re going to do it together.
Steve Miranda
Director of Advancement
PSCS
