Captioning sponsored by wpbt this is n. B. R. Susie good evening, everyone. Im susie gharib. Whether its time or money, philanthropy or helping others, its an investment, and americans gave more than 350 billion to charity last year. Tom good evening. Im tom hudson. From Everyday Americans to the nations richest people and companies, we look at what influences giving. Susie and we head to chicago to learn about social impact bonds funding nonprofits and letting american investors change the world with their decisions. Tom that and more tonight on a special edition here of n. B. R. Susie with the financi markets closed forresidents day, we bring you tonight an n. B. R. Special edition Conscious Capital. Its our look at philanthropic spending and investing in others. Americans gave more than 350 billion to nonprofits last year, and half of that came from the wealthiest americans. So, what influences their giving . Ruben ramirez gets some answers. Reporter its another Typical School day a
Americans gave more than 350 billion to nonprofits last year, and half of that came from the wealthiest americans. So, what influences their giving . Ruben ramirez gets some answers. Reporter its another Typical School day at Truman High School in the bronx. The cooking class is busy in the kitchen. singing the choir is rehearsing. The astronomy class is learning about stars. But it wasnt always like this. Real estate developer Charles Bendit met truman high principal sana nasser a decade ago through a nonprofit called pencil. It connects Business People who want to volunteer with schools in their communities. I was a small businessman that was just getting started. I was just beginning to realize that someday i might be successful. I didnt have what to give in terms of big dollars, so what i did do was, i thought about how i could be most impactful. Reporter bendit serves as a mentor to principal nasser. Together, they developed the idea of specialized academies within the high school
Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose Michelle Rhee is here. She is one of those widely known and perhaps most controversial figures in education. She served as chancellor of the d. C. Public School System from 2007 to 2010. Her sweeping reforms and hardnosed style have changed the National Debate over School Reform. She has written a new book about her vision for american education. Its called radical fighting to put students first. I am pleased to have Michelle Rhee back at this table. Welcome. Thank you for having me. Rose why did you call it radical . You know, when i started the job in d. C. I was i took over the lowest performing and dysfunctional School District in the entire nation. So i started making very rapid changes. I started closing down lowperforming schools, removing ineffective educators, i cut a Central Office bureaucracy in half. To me those seemed like really obvious moves to make. Rose right. What
Americans gave more than 350 billion to nonprofits last year, and half of that came from the wealthiest americans. So, what influences their giving . Ruben ramirez gets some answers. Reporter its another Typical School day at Truman High School in the bronx. The cooking class is busy in the kitchen. singing the choir is rehearsing. The astronomy class is learning about stars. But it wasnt always like this. Real estate developer Charles Bendit met truman high principal sana nasser a decade ago through a nonprofit called pencil. It connects Business People who want to volunteer with schools in their communities. I was a small businessman that was just getting started. I was just beginning to realize that someday i might be successful. I didnt have what to give in terms of big dollars, so what i did do was, i thought about how i could be most impactful. Reporter bendit serves as a mentor to principal nasser. Together, they developed the idea of specialized academies within the high school
Its our look at philanthropic spending and investing in others. Americans gave more than 350 billion to nonprofits last year, and half of that came from the wealthiest americans. So, what influences their giving . Ruben ramirez gets some answers. Reporter its another Typical School day at Truman High School in the bronx. The cooking class is busy in the kitchen. singing the choir is rehearsing. The astronomy class is learning about stars. But it wasnt always like this. Real estate developer Charles Bendit met truman high principal sana nasser a decade ago through a nonprofit called pencil. It connects Business People who want to volunteer with schools in their communities. I was a small businessman that was just getting started. I was just beginning to realize that someday i might be successful. I didnt have what to give in terms of big dollars, so what i did do was, i thought about how i could be most impactful. Reporter bendit serves as a mentor to principal nasser. Together, they de