This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Natural Resources Defence Council and other nonprofits have been suing the Trump Administration’s EPA over the illegal removal of regulations – causing the Administration to back…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · The Conversation discusses how policy change or security isn’t enough to address school shootings and makes the case that an educational response is needed as well.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Writing for GrantCraft, Open Road Alliance explores the ways in which nonprofits must adjust to a rapidly evolving environment in order to have an impact, from…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Progressive prosecutor reform is on display in a small district attorney race in Durham, NC. The Marshall Project shows that this is a microcosm for the shift…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Before ESSA, the US government incentivized higher standards for students through monetary compensation. Now, the 74 reports that the “honesty gap” is growing and student success…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • An Illinois law that allows the state to withhold funding for cities that don’t adequately fund their public safety pensions is putting some cities on the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The author gives advice on the importance of philanthropic organizations using a systems change lens when approaching philanthropy and spurring social change. • Why isn’t systems change work…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Bryan Caplan argues that education is primarily signaling, and does not provide social returns on the scale that justifies the cost. Robert Wiblin provides the counter-argument…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Writing for Devex, Thousand Currents communications director Jennifer Lentfer discusses the complications of aid organizations aligning with social movements: Where are the conflicts of interest? •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · The American middle class has been struggling. Here, the Brookings Institution discusses how to help those in the demographic and also ways to bring more people…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · A new immigration bill proposed in the French Parliament has received criticism from opposing sides of the political world, as it aims to speed up applications…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Max Marchitello makes the case for improving equity in the United States by doubling Title I funding for low-income schools, which he argues will begin to bring…