This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Urban spatial inequality has significant consequences for low-income residents, who often struggle to access the amenities available in their cities. • Are you aware of anecdotal…
Giving Compass’ Take: • The Great Recession highlighted underlying regulatory issues within the mortgage system. Better understanding these problems can help us avert future crises. • What goals should regulation seek…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Donor-advised funds offer huge advantages to wealthy funders with little transparency or accountability. • What needs to change in order to create trust in this donation…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Parkland kids are changing America. Here are the black teens who helped pave their way. As students across the nation prepare to take to the streets for the March for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In Indonesia, unconditional teacher salary increase improved teachers’ job satisfaction and overall happiness but did not improve job performance. • Is increased happiness and job satisfaction on its…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The proposed federal funding bill would boost spending for school safety and early childhood education. Charter schools got a nod, but not the full funding that…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Understanding how the mortgage-market crash in the late 2000s happened is crucial for creating regulations that can prevent a similar crisis. • The role played by liquidity…
This Roadmap defines the immediate actions required to propel a long-term shift. Specifically, it identifies eighteen actions (across six categories) that we, the impact investing community, need to take on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There may be as many as 150-thousand indigenous Latinos in Oregon, with a recent boost from immigrants fleeing organized crime and violence in Guatemala. They are very much under the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As Newark top schools chief, she was horrified at the strict discipline policy she saw in one of her high schools. Since then, Cami Anderson has left the district and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Prevention is key to ending the rash of school shootings in America, House Democrats and witnesses said Tuesday, in sharp contrast to Republican calls to arm teachers and harden schools.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The H-1B visa program, established in 1990 by Congress, allows employers to hire foreigners to work in “specialty occupations” (such as science, technology, engineering, mathematics, health care, business, financial services,…