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    Inside the Company Making California’s New Climate Satellite

    Pacific Standard Oct 14, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Pacific Standard profiles a San Francisco factory called Planet that makes small satellites, which can help advance climate research, along with other conservation-related utilities — but there…

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    Collaborative Solutions: Using Technological Innovation to Benefit Humanity

    The Rockefeller Foundation Oct 14, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • The Rockefeller Foundation discusses the role that technology will play in creating positive change around the world and how we can guard against its misuse. •…

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    Kids Building Tiny Houses, Chicken Coops — and Life Skills

    TED-Ed Oct 14, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • TED-Ed reports on an in-school design and builders program at a charter school in Berkeley, in which students are asked to create tiny homes, chicken coops…

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    Popular Singer is Fighting for Education and Sanitation in Nigeria

    Global Citizen Oct 14, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Nigerian singer, Wizkid, is bringing awareness and accountability to the issue of sanitation as a barrier in Nigeria, particularly for girls and their education.  • According to the author, the Nigerian…

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    The Effects of Tightening Immigration Policies for Chinese International Students

    Education Dive Oct 14, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: · According to Education Dive, the Trump administration plans to limit the length of visas for Chinese students due to concerns of intellectual property theft and espionage.  · How do…

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    Charlotte’s Tale of Two Cities and Corporate Philanthropy

    Nonprofit Quarterly Oct 13, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Nonprofit Quarterly discusses how Charlotte, North Carolina, is a booming city development-wise, but ranks low when it comes to economic mobility for its citizens. • The…

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    Why Head Start is Essential in Many Rural Towns

    Hechinger Report

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Jackie Mader reports that Head Start centers serve many functions in rural towns where they are often the best or only option for high-quality childcare. The…

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    The Accountable Care Conundrum

    Christensen Institute

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Ryan Marling reports that high turnover in treatment for patients with chronic health problems presents a problem when it comes to accountability.  • How can these…

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    How Schools Can Lead on Sexual Harassment

    EdSurge Oct 13, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: · Recent allegations against Brett Kavanaugh have spawned concern in the classroom regarding how to better educate youths about sexual harassment. Here, EdSurge explains how schools can…

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    We Need Breakthrough Tech to Reach SDG Health Targets

    Brookings Oct 12, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Brookings Institute examines the inherent challenges of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 3, focusing on global health, and argues that new technology will be needed to…

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    A New Way to Collect and Eliminate Space Debris

    GOOD Magazine Oct 12, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Leo Shvedsky explains how a group of students created and tested a projectile net that captures space debris and pulls it out of orbit to prevent it…

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    Why IPCC Climate Solutions Won’t Be Implemented

    Pacific Standard Oct 12, 2018

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Richard Heinberg argues that the climate solutions suggested in the 2018 IPCC report will never be implemented at scale because of cost and other factors, preventing humans from curbing…

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