This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Linda Jacobson explains how North Dakota is measuring student engagement as an indicator of school success to fulfill an ESSA requirement. • Should other states be using this indicator?…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Matt Barnum explains that the abundance and availability of data from North Carolina make it a popular state for education research. Other states need to improve their data…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Sam Bloch explains how the Trump Administration move to slash the USDA’s independent research arm is a continuation of the administration’s hostility toward science. • How can funders…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. President Trump has vowed to repeal the Johnson Amendment, a move that — if successful — would strike down the rules that prevent nonprofit organizations from electioneering. In 2013, I…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · News Deeply talks with Arif Husain, chief economist at the World Food Programme, about the use of hunger as a tool of war and a new resolution aimed to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · According to IRIN News, the Trump administration has enforced new conditions and limits on foreign aid funding through the UN and other Public International Organizations. · How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Pacific Standard discusses Suzanne Mettler’s new book, The Government-Citizen Disconnect, and why public trust is so low when the federal government provides so many programs that Americans rely on.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Joe McCarthy reports that Trumps’s attempt to prevent teens from suing the government over climate change, which will disproportionately impact youth and future generations, has been denied. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Susan Fitzgibbon Shumaker and Sandra Welch Boren explain how the Cone Health Foundation engaged in public policy advocacy to improve the Affordable Care Act. • How can other funders…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Reuters reports on recent research from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention which notes that although many schools are preparing for disasters, less than two…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Forget pie charts. Propel Nonprofits explores how we can visualize overhead costs for organizations through a more detailed and dynamic Core Mission Support graphic. • This can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Reuters reports on Christine Hallquist, who won the Democratic nomination for Vermont governor, the first openly transgender person to win a major party nomination for statewide…