This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · FSG interviews Rob Vallentine, leader of social impact work at The Dow Chemical Company, and discusses Vallentine’s role at the company and what he and his…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ take: • Ingrid Lunden shares how Facebook is pushing to provide more services for nonprofits of all sized through targeted free products, including Workplace for Good. • What are the tech…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Robert E. Litan shares the potential of automation to improve society and allow for breakthroughs. • How can philanthropy help ease the transition to automation? How can philanthropy…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Alex Forrester emphasizes the importance of outcome measurement over spending by debunking the overhead myth and addressing restricted line-item budgets. · How does flexible funding affect nonprofits? How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · At Hawkins Street School in Newark, students ranging from pre-kindergarten to eighth grade share their immigration stories through a new, self-published book. Patrick Wall at Chalkbeat explains the contents…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Getting Smart discusses design-focused schools and the positive effects they have on student success and recruiting exceptional teachers. · How does design help students develop life…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Having a loved one die is hard enough, but when that loved one is in prison, family members often hear the news by voicemail left from…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The author outlines the reasons why funders are not interested in investing in economic development within the Northeastern states of India even though they may need…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Learning Accelerator is revamping it’s company culture after strategically changing it’s leadership team. In the first of many blog series, TLA will focus on how…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jeffrey Young takes a deeper look into the world of MOOCs (massive open online courses) to find that colleges and universities are driving innovation in learning,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Despite attempts to innovate classrooms and promote personalized learning, The 74 reports that teachers lack support from their superiors and are often impeded by their own…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · A recent report released by the Rand Corporation shows that the costly teacher evaluation systems funded by the Gates Foundation had little, if any, effect on teacher quality…