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Why Does Teach for America Spawn So Many Entrepreneurs?

Harvard Business Review

The next most-represented originating organizations--the San Francisco Public Schools, Newark Public Schools, Chicago Public Schools, Americorps, the White House Fellow program, McKinsey and Company, and the United States Department of Education--each appeared in the work history of a founder of two (or about 4%) of these organizations.

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How Managers Can Promote Healthy Discussions About Race

Harvard Business Review

population growth between 2011 and 2050. A study by McKinsey & Company found that organizations ranked in the top quartile of racial diversity are 35% more likely to earn above-average financial returns. Today, minorities make up 37% of the United States population and will climb to 57% by 2060.