This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Zerifa Radlein-Grant left her home in Jamaica to come to North Carolina and teach third grade. In an interview with EdSurge, Radlein-Grant explains how she uses technology and live…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Each year, 100,000 people are killed from snakebites. In an interview with Devex, David Williams, chair of the WHO Working Group on Snakebite Envenoming describes the overlooked…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Chalkbeat reports that New York City’s education department will discuss new proposals to integrate District 3 middle schools with Upper West Side middle schools within the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · A student in the UK has dropped out of school after seeing that her studies would go over 21 hours a week—the limit set by the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Critical Time Intervention is a program aimed at preventing recurrent homelessness for severely mentally ill individuals and has been rated a top tier program that is worthy…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Arabella Advisors announces the creation of the Heartland Fund in conjunction with the Franciscan Sisters and the Wallace Global Fund. The aim is to build up communities…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Nonprofit Quarterly discusses the “rainy day” or reserve funds that many organizations have handy — but cautions that misusing such money can lead to plenty of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Felix Oldenburg explains how and why philanthropy and the EU are working to streamline international giving. • How can the U.S. streamline international philanthropy? Is there a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Mayor Bill de Blasio’s has a plan to integrate New York City’s elite specialized high schools, but his proposals are not universally possible and it remains to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Social Programs That Work has identified Healthy Living Partnerships to Prevent Diabetes as a near top tier program, meaning it is a promising program that needs another…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • GrantCraft discusses the rise of more collaboration among high-end funders, but also finds that “advocacy funding” is still slow to develop. • There are inherent risks…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In an article at TriplePundit, Chris Jarvis discusses ways we can commit our resources to cultivating the creativity, ingenuity and skillsets of people in order to reach the…