Giving Compass’ Take: • MDRC shares early findings from its evaluation of Housing and Urban Development’s Voluntary Family Self-Sufficiency program. • How can funders work to ensure that programs like this…
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Giving Compass’ Take: • Social Programs That Work has determined that New York City’s Small Schools of Choice (SSCs) are a good opportunity for expanding and scaling impact, contingent on a…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • Carolyn Phenicie reports that education advocates warn that the census citizenship question will force an undercount of students, reducing federal funding for education. • How can funders…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • Stephanie Peng shares important insights about funding the pro-immigrant rights movement and offers concrete suggestions for grantmakers who want to make an impact. • Which of these…
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Giving Compass’ Take: • ideas42 outlines ways for governments to use behavioral science-based ‘nudges’ to improve the use of public services. • How can donors help implement these changes in…
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Giving Compass’ Take: • Research from The Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy reveals how five different charitable policy proposals would impact giving. • Which, if any, of these…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • Sage Anderson at Mashable interviewed Sarah McBride, a transgender spokesperson for the Human Rights Campaign, on why there needs to be urgency for LGBTQ advocacy now. …
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Giving Compass’ Take: • Ithaka S+R shares this review of the state of postsecondary education in prisons and recommendations to strengthen access to educational opportunities for prisoners. • Are there prison…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • Maggie Koerth-Baker discusses new research that quantifies the influence of money in politics, finally shedding some light on a well-known but not well-understood phenomenon. • How can…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • Recent studies from the National Bureau of Economic Research indicate that Boston charter schools were able to expand and replicate their model at other schools without sacrificing…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • The UK government is running a new anti-slavery campaign called Not For Sale to shed light on aspirational stories of Nigerian female survivors of human trafficking.…
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Giving Compass’ Take: • The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace explores ten case studies and draws a set of conclusions about how civil society can gain legitimacy in a variety of…