This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · According to EdSource, the federal commission on school safety received a letter signed by a number of influential individuals in the education sector encouraging the continuation…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. An exciting, grand historical evolution of American society is taking place: For-profit and nonprofit domains are converging. Many of the entrepreneurial and organizational practices and frameworks found most frequently in the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On every commercial airline before takeoff, passengers receive rote instructions on flight safety: “If you are travelling with a child or someone who requires assistance, secure your own oxygen mask…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Pay-for-performance pilot programs are successful in workforce development trainings, specifically for opportunity youth. Third Sector Capital Partners encouraged collaboration from governments and private funders. • How can pay-for-performance strengthen…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Cisco Live is a conference that hosts the GPS (global problem solvers) initiative and featured last year’s winners who are all using digital technology to create change…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The author discusses how impact investing can work in various ways and includes the mechanisms in which grantmaking can happen through impact investing. • How have you incorporated…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Bloomberg reports on the strong performance of a development-impact bond to fund girls’ education in India from UBS, and what it might mean for similar impact…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Global Citizens touches on the importance of school funding and the struggles of low-income schools through this inspiring story of giving: a stranger handing cash to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Boston Herald reports on the state of ALS funding since the Ice Bucket Challenge went viral four years ago. Costs of bringing drugs to market…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Nicole Lewis explains how prisons are using VR to introduce inmates to life outside as part of their transition process for re-entry. • What are the advantages and limitations…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Robert Ubell argues that online education can help low-income students succeed if it included the supports that traditional education includes: study centers, career services, healthcare services, clubs, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Caroline Hill explains how 228 Accelerator aims to scale equity in schools by rewriting the narrative around students and teachers to break stereotypes and norms. • Is…