This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · For the 2,200 inmates set to be released next month under the First Step Act, White House Officials are working to line up job opportunities and housing for each.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • To address educational challenges, schools must tackle issues of access and quality before changing the traditional school model. • How can donors play a role in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kristin Lindell, writing for FeedbackLabs, discusses how collaborating, learning, and adapting (CLA), an approach to organizational learning from USAID, can help incite helpful feedback and advance progress…
Giving Compass’ Take: · In this Policy 360 podcast, Alexander Pfaff addresses the environmental risks associated with China’s One Belt, One Road Initiative to link countries along the old Silk Road. ·…
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…
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…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. 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…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. 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…
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…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • At Rollins college, undergraduate students are guiding preschoolers through civic discourse curriculum with games, books, and projects that teach “philosophical rules” to children. • Can these…
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…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Prison Statistics India for 2016 were finally released this April after a long, unexplained delay. They omit details about caste and religious identities of the prison…