MacArthur Foundation [to 17 October 2015]
http://www.macfound.org/

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Publication
Assessing Justice Reform Progress in Mexico
Published October 14, 2015
Despite obstacles to the implementation of sweeping judicial reform in Mexico, significant progress has been made and is likely to continue, according to a report from the University of San Diego’s Justice in Mexico initiative. The MacArthur-supported report provides a deep analysis of the current process of judicial reform in Mexico, the impacts of reform on the federal and state level, and past, present, and future challenges to implementation efforts.

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Press release
MacArthur Spins Off Digital Media & Learning Work with $25 Million Seed Investment
Published October 6, 2015
MacArthur today announced the launch of Collective Shift, a new nonprofit whose mission is to redesign social systems for the connected age. With $25 million in seed funding, Collective Shift’s first project is LRNG, which is creating a 21st century ecosystem of learning that combines in-school, out-of-school, work-based, and online learning opportunities that are visible and accessible to all.

With LRNG, Collective Shift builds on more than $200 million in research, design experiments, and demonstrations that MacArthur supported over the past decade. The goal of that work was to understand how young people are learning with digital media and what the implications are for how learning is designed and supported to ensure more equitable access to opportunity for success…