This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • According to a Gen Z survey, many teenagers’ chief concern right now is about the economy and the potential for COVID-19 to cause a recession. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Higher education – an already beleaguered sector – changed overnight due to the spread of COVID-19 in the United States. The pandemic has multiplied the smaller disruptions that have been…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • As COVID-19 stretches into multiple weeks, families with younger children struggle to get the supplies they need and find support systems that can help alleviate burdens. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Administrators offer advice for school districts on how best to respond to challenges brought on by coronavirus. • Where are opportunities for funders to help schools…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Shweta Roy at The Borgen Project discusses the top five critical global issues including biosecurity, destruction of nature, and social hostility, that need to be addressed…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jason Flatt explains that The Plastic Atlas shows the impact of the global plastic crisis and the potential of various interventions to improve the crisis. • Are you…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Cassie Walker Burke reports that the state of Illinois will pay all but $1 for the child care of the children of essential workers during the coronavirus…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are five reasons why digital portfolios are critical edtech tools to support student learning amid school closures. • How can donors support edtech tools to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Prenatal-to-Three Policy Impact Center is an early childhood research-to-policy initiative based in the University of Texas at Austin that will review state policies that impact infants…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Michael J. Petrilli and Chester E. Finn Jr. discuss what COVID-19 means for special education and accountability. • How can funders work to address the needs…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Nicol Turner-Lee recalls her experience covering Garrett County, Maryland, and what it revealed about dealing with the rural digital divide. • What sort of implications does a digital…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Many school makerspaces have 3D printers that health workers can use to make protective gear that is useful for the COVID-19 pandemic. • What are other ways…