Recent Articles
News: June 27, 2008 - Diversity Inc.
Need Talent? One Company's Solution
John Bridgeland is interviewed by Diversity Inc. Magazine on the high school drop-out crisis and Civic Enterprises' commissioned work with the AT&T Foundation on the long-term effects of high-school dropouts and best practices to keep them in school and engaged. Read the Article >>
Need Talent? One Company's Solution
John Bridgeland is interviewed by Diversity Inc. Magazine on the high school drop-out crisis and Civic Enterprises' commissioned work with the AT&T Foundation on the long-term effects of high-school dropouts and best practices to keep them in school and engaged. Read the Article >>
News: May 5, 2008 - The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Foundations Urged to Drop Jitters Over Public-Policy Work
Foundations should gear up to influence the transition team that will be preparing policy for the next president after the November election, said John Bridgeland, president of Civic Enterprises... who served on the transition team for President George W. Bush, said it was "flooded" with proposals from philanthropic bodies and was able to take action on many of them. Read the Article >>
Foundations Urged to Drop Jitters Over Public-Policy Work
Foundations should gear up to influence the transition team that will be preparing policy for the next president after the November election, said John Bridgeland, president of Civic Enterprises... who served on the transition team for President George W. Bush, said it was "flooded" with proposals from philanthropic bodies and was able to take action on many of them. Read the Article >>
News: April 28, 2008 - Fox News
Sacrifice: An American virtue on rebound
John Bridgeland, former volunteerism czar under President Bush, writes in an upcoming book that the founders were not endorsing momentary pleasures fueled by the pursuit of material goods, "but the satisfaction that comes from a life dedicated to others and causes greater than ourselves." Read the Article >>
Sacrifice: An American virtue on rebound
John Bridgeland, former volunteerism czar under President Bush, writes in an upcoming book that the founders were not endorsing momentary pleasures fueled by the pursuit of material goods, "but the satisfaction that comes from a life dedicated to others and causes greater than ourselves." Read the Article >>
Important Silent Epidemic Update
News: April 23, 2008 - The Washington Post
As Congress Tarries, Administration Proposes Changes to 'No Child' Law
In the most significant shift, all states would be required by 2013 to use the same formula to calculate the high school graduation rate, an effort to shine a light on the nation's dropout problem and force schools to take steps to ensure that more students earn diplomas... The proposed rules also would require officials at low-performing schools to better inform parents about a key requirement of the law -- that certain children be given access to government-funded tutoring or the chance to transfer to a school with better test scores. Read the Article >>
News: April 23, 2008 - The Washington Post
As Congress Tarries, Administration Proposes Changes to 'No Child' Law
In the most significant shift, all states would be required by 2013 to use the same formula to calculate the high school graduation rate, an effort to shine a light on the nation's dropout problem and force schools to take steps to ensure that more students earn diplomas... The proposed rules also would require officials at low-performing schools to better inform parents about a key requirement of the law -- that certain children be given access to government-funded tutoring or the chance to transfer to a school with better test scores. Read the Article >>
News: November 23, 2007 - The Christian Science Monitor
A Plan to Fix 'Dropout Factories'
The overwhelming number of dropouts surveyed in the report, "The Silent Epidemic: Perspectives of High School Dropouts," recognized that graduating is vital to their success. They told us they would have stayed on track to graduate if school had been more relevant, challenging, and supportive of their needs. Read the Article >>
A Plan to Fix 'Dropout Factories'
The overwhelming number of dropouts surveyed in the report, "The Silent Epidemic: Perspectives of High School Dropouts," recognized that graduating is vital to their success. They told us they would have stayed on track to graduate if school had been more relevant, challenging, and supportive of their needs. Read the Article >>
News: November 23, 2007 - The Barnstable Patriot
Dropping out is not inevitable
Dr. Streeter spoke eloquently about the reasons why young people drop out, one of the chief reasons being a lack of social or emotional attachment with the school. More important than the statistics that Dr. Streeter presented was his assertion that "dropping out is not inevitable for any student." Read the Article >>
Dropping out is not inevitable
Dr. Streeter spoke eloquently about the reasons why young people drop out, one of the chief reasons being a lack of social or emotional attachment with the school. More important than the statistics that Dr. Streeter presented was his assertion that "dropping out is not inevitable for any student." Read the Article >>
News: November 1, 2007 - Washington Post
Group To Research Effect of Corporate Giving
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is partnering with Indiana University's Center on Philanthropy... "to identify what some of the critical issues are for long-term economic competitive issues for a community and for small businesses to become more engaged." Read the Article >>
Group To Research Effect of Corporate Giving
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is partnering with Indiana University's Center on Philanthropy... "to identify what some of the critical issues are for long-term economic competitive issues for a community and for small businesses to become more engaged." Read the Article >>
News: October 9, 2007 - AP
ON DEADLINE: Civic life a sleeper issue
It happens every election year: Pollsters slice and dice the electorate, identify an important new group and give those voters a fad-worthy monicker. Reagan Democrats. Angry Men. Soccer Moms. Here's a heads-up on what should be the dynamite demographic of 2008: "The Civic Core." Read the Article >>
ON DEADLINE: Civic life a sleeper issue
It happens every election year: Pollsters slice and dice the electorate, identify an important new group and give those voters a fad-worthy monicker. Reagan Democrats. Angry Men. Soccer Moms. Here's a heads-up on what should be the dynamite demographic of 2008: "The Civic Core." Read the Article >>
News: September 26, 2007 - The Daily Progress
Lawn event benefits Parkinson's foundation
Mary McNaught was featured in a Charlottesville Daily Progress article about Pancakes for Parkinson's. The fourth annual event was held Saturday, September 29th and raised funds for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. Read the Article >>
Lawn event benefits Parkinson's foundation
Mary McNaught was featured in a Charlottesville Daily Progress article about Pancakes for Parkinson's. The fourth annual event was held Saturday, September 29th and raised funds for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. Read the Article >>
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News: July 12, 2007 - The Washington Post
A Scholarship and an Incentive
More than 1,800 summer interns at federal agencies, congressional offices and think tanks have registered to attend a "town hall" meeting tonight, where a nonprofit group will announce plans to create a Roosevelt Scholars program to attract graduate students to the federal government. Read the Article >> -
News: June 2007 - Hemispheres Magazine
Spreading a Safety Net
John Bridgeland of Malaria No More says it's time to tackle the "galvanizing issue of the 21st century." Read the Article >> -
News: May 10, 2007 - The Washington Post
New Figures Show High Dropout Rate
"We are finally moving from a state of denial to a state of acknowledgment," [First lady Laura Bush] said, speaking in Washington at a summit titled America's Silent Epidemic. "It's hard to believe such a pervasive problem has remained in the shadows for so long." Read the Article >> -
News: May 9, 2007 - Christian Science Monitor
Educators, politicians, and MTV take aim at US dropout 'epidemic'
The summit in Washington is carrying forward the momentum that's been building for the past few years in response to some sobering statistics: About 3 out of 10 American ninth-graders don't graduate with their class... Read the Article >> -
News: December 13, 2006 - Star Tribune
U.S. launching global effort to wipe out malaria
More than 50 years after health workers eradicated malaria in the United States, the Bush administration is launching an ambitious new attack on the disease, which kills more than 1 million people annually worldwide. Read the Article >> -
News: September 19, 2006 - The Washington Post
Civic Involvement Tied to Education: High School Dropouts Unlikely to Vote
The class divide is the most striking finding of the report, prepared by leading social scientists and released yesterday by the National Conference on Citizenship. Read the Article >> -
News: August 11, 2006 - MTV News
Unmotivated Students, High School Dropouts Find Other Options
Almost half of surveyed dropouts left school because classes weren't interesting, and seven in 10 kids said they weren't motivated or inspired to work hard, according to a report by Civic Enterprises and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Read the Article >> -
News: August 3, 2006 - The Washington Times
Helping the poor
After a half-decade of fighting in this new theater, some allies in this assault on poverty, such as former White House aides John Bridgeland and John DiIulio, worry the armies of compassion are outflanked... Read the Article >> - Apr. 10, 2006 - TIME magazine and The Oprah Winfrey Show Team Up to Examine the High School Dropout Crisis in America
Published by TIME: Public Affairs
The coverage sprung from the report, 'The Silent Epidemic: Perspectives of High School Dropouts,' which was funded by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and based on research conducted by Civic Enterprises and Peter D. Hart Research Associates.
Read the full press release (PDF) - Mar. 23, 2006 - Americans view Muslims favorably
Published by The Washington Times
The Pew findings were presented at the International Conference on Faith and Service in Washington, which featured conciliatory messages from leaders of Christian, Jewish and Muslim faiths; Indonesian scholar and special envoy Alwi Shihab; and Karen Hughes, the State Department's undersecretary for public diplomacy.
Read the full article at The Washington Times - Mar. 3, 2006 - Dropout rates high, but fixes under way
Published by The Christian Science Monitor
'We've gone in and talked face to face with kids who have dropped out of school. What they're telling us debunks popular assumptions,' says John Bridgeland, CEO of Civic Enterprises and one of the authors of the survey. 'The problem is solvable.'
Read the full article at The Christian Science Monitor - Mar. 2, 2006 - L.A. Mayor Sees Dropout Rate as 'Civil Rights Issue'
Published by the Los Angeles Times
John Bridgeland, president and CEO of Civic Enterprises, a Washington-based public policy firm that conducted the survey, said the researchers had confirmed with the schools that the majority of the dropouts had been passing their classes.
Read the full article at the Los Angeles Times (requires free subscription) - Mar. 1, 2006 - Dropouts say their schools expected too little of them
Published by USA Today
The survey, commissioned by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is being released today by Civic Enterprises, a Washington-based research firm headed by two former Bush administration officials.
Read the full article at USA Today - Feb. 26, 2006 - The Dropout Challenge
Published by The Washington Post
I was given a preview of the report by John Bridgeland, a former Bush administration domestic policy adviser who is one of its authors.
Read the full article at The Washington Post - Dec. 22, 2005 - Security Contractors Try Friendly Persuasion
Published by The Washington Post
Eugene W. Hickok , former deputy secretary of education in the Bush administration, has joined the policy council of Civic Enterprises...
Read the full article at PR News Wire - Sept. 19, 2005 - Hands On Network Launches Campaign to Mobilize 6.4 Million Volunteers
Published by PR News Wire
The announcement was made today at the annual conference of the National Conference on Citizenship, which was led by John Bridgeland, president and CEO of Civic Enterprises, and a member of the Corporate Service Council.
Read the full article at PR News Wire - Aug. 29, 2005 - Faith and service
Published by The Washington Times
John Bridgeland, the founding director of USA Freedom Corps, is now advising the establishment of an impressive beachhead for such an approach . . .
Read the full article at The Washington Times - June 1, 2005 - Federal agency seeks help to put crime on ICE
Published by The Press-Enterprise
Today's college graduates were freshmen on Sept. 11, 2001, when terrorists flew airplanes into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and post- 9/11 grads have shown a greater interest in public-service careers, said John Bridgeland, former director of the White House Domestic Policy Council under Bush.
Read the full article (PDF) - May 26, 2005 - Team to Look at Protecting Woodpecker While Letting Public See It
Published by the Arkansas Democratic Gazette
Members of the executive committee that were announced Wednesday are...John Bridgeland, president and chief executive officer of Civic Enterprises, a public policy firm.
Read the full article - May 2005 - International Freedom Center News
Published by the International Freedom Center
Read the full article (PDF) - Apr. 30 2005 - Second chance to save a rare species
Published by The Enquirer
John Bridgeland, formerly of Indian Hill, was among the cooperative conservation team that has been working on this project.
Read the full article - Apr. 29 2005 - Extinct? After 60 Years, Woodpecker Begs to Differ
Published by The Washington Post
The ivory-billed woodpecker, last seen in 1944 and long assumed to be extinct, is alive and well and living in Arkansas.
Read the full article - Apr. 28 2005 - Long thought extinct, ivory-billed woodpecker rediscovered in Big Woods of Arkansas
Published by EurekAlert! Public News List
Bridgeland, an Indian Hill native, and Ruthven, an internationally known wildlife artist from Brown County, were part of the small band on nature enthusiasts that searched for and confirmed the rediscovery of the striking animal.
Read the full article - Apr. 2005 - International Freedom Center News Volume 2, Issue 2
Published by the International Freedom Center
John Bridgeland, president and CEO of Civic Enterprises, chairs the Board of Advisors. Bridgeland formerly served as assistant to the president and director of the White House Domestic Policy Council early in the first term of President George W. Bush, and later as director of the USA Freedom Corps, the parent agency of both the Peace Corps and AmeriCorps, as well as a host of federal volunteer service initiatives.
Read the full article at International Freedom Center (PDF) - Feb. 2005 - Leading advocates of service shape Center's engagement program
Published by The International Freedom Center
To shape this unprecedented effort, the International Freedom Center has forged a partnership with Civic Enterprises and its founder, President and CEO, John Bridgeland.
Read the full article at International Freedom Center - Feb. 28, 2005 - Moblizing Americans toward community service
Published by The Cavalier Daily
Bridgeland, an assistant to the president and director of the USA Freedom Corps during Bush's first presidential administration, spoke at the Miller Center of Public Affairs Feb. 25 to address civic renewal and how Americans can contribute to their nation.
Read the full article at The Cavalier Daily - Feb. 16, 2005 - Efficiency of youth programs subject of new bill
Published by AXcess News
The bill is shaped around recommendations made in a report by the White House Task Force on Disadvantaged Youth, created by President Bush in 2002. Karen Morison, senior vice president of Civic Enterprises and a member of the task force, said that in 2003, the federal government spent $223.5 billion - roughly 10 percent of the federal budget - on 339 youth-related programs.
Read the full article - June 10, 2004 - Indian Hill native hops from Bush post to consultant's realm
Published by Enquirer Washington Bureau
An Indian Hill native and former White House official has formed a consulting company that will try to solve tough social issues for its clients. John Bridgeland's company, Civic Enterprises, will work for cities, companies and nonprofit groups to figure out the best ways to tackle issues like high crime or child hunger, he said. Mostly, the company will get paid to find experts, provide expertise or to research issues cities or other groups are grappling with.
Read the full article - June 5, 2004 - Consulting Game
Published by the National Journal
Read the full article from the National Journal (PDF) - Mar. 27, 2002 - Bush's Volunteer Program Has an Earnest Champion in John Bridgeland
Published by The Washington Post
If Freedom Corps is to thrive, Bridgeland recognizes that it must operate outside the realm of partisan warfare. "People who serve today are part of a long and rich tradition in history," he says. Inspiring an army of volunteers "takes different voices, with a range of people and ideas."
Read the full article from The Washington Post