Weekly Link Round-up!

Relevant Local News

• 1.4 million adults in Massachusetts lack education and skills needed to secure family-supporting job link

• Troubles at Jamaica Plain’s English High School demonstrate why
  we cannot just rely on schools alone to solve problems with youth and
  education. linkto Bsoton Globe article.

On Philanthropy

• Joining a non-profit board? A quick and dirty primer from the Wall Street Journal on what you should do the first 90 days. link
• Dislike chatting it up with fundraisers? Jack Shakely of the
  California Community Foundation writes in this week's NYTimes that you
  pre-empt the charities and the fundraisers. Give before you get asked
  and take your philanthropic destiny into your own hands! link