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While “co-design” has become a pervasive buzzword across education and technology, the field still lacks a clear definition of what it actually means to share power with communities. Symone Campbell, In-House Research Fellow at Siegel, explores how to move beyond symbolic engagement to build the shared language and stronger frameworks needed for truly equitable partnerships.
Following a rich discussion at the Grantmakers for Education 2026 conference, Stefaan G. Verhulst and Kyla Kasharian reflect on why improving education outcomes requires a deliberate shift toward asking better questions. Read their insights on addressing question inequity, building question literacy, and how funders can adopt a more inclusive, inquiry-driven approach to grantmaking.
In celebration of America’s 250th birthday, Forbes has honored our Chairman, David Siegel, on its prestigious Top Builders and Greatest Living Optimists lists.
Symone Campbell is the In-House Research Fellow at Siegel and an adjunct professor at Howard University’s Center for Applied Data Science and Analytics, where her […]
In April, we celebrated Siegel President and Executive Director Katy Knight’s selection for the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders Class of 2026. The timing […]
The Q-Lab will build the research, tools, and field infrastructure needed to make better questioning a rigorous discipline and practical skill Siegel Family Endowment announced […]
Last week, as global leaders, policymakers, and civil society organizations convened in New York for the UN General Assembly (UNGA), the question of how to […]
As MIT’s new Innovation Fellow, Siegel Family Endowment Chairman David Siegel is stepping into a hands-on role at the Schwarzman College of Computing to help […]
As generative AI reshapes how information is shared, how do we keep the internet open while honoring the creators who sustain it? In a new interview, Creative Commons CEO Anna Tumadóttir explores how modernizing the quiet infrastructure behind the digital commons can help us safeguard trust and reciprocity for the future.
As AI becomes more deeply woven into our schools, workplaces, communities, and infrastructure, we are seeing a new intensity of feeling and public attention around technology. Joshua Elder reflects on what this moment makes possible for philanthropy, and why the growing care and concern around technology is an opening to ask better questions, bring more voices into the conversation, and help shape what comes next.
Siegel Chairman leverages his early front-row seat to the Open Source movement to make the case that today’s closed AI ecosystem is a dangerous step backward. Just as open software became the load-bearing foundation of the modern internet, AI must remain transparent and community-driven if we want to fuel progress.