This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How can funders lift up individuals, facilitate systems change, and build a better future? By supporting youth organizers. Eric Braxton, Executive Director of the Funders’ Collaborative on Youth Organizing (FCYO), describes…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Lele Exum describes how she became an advocate fighting to end youth homelessness – particularly LGBTQ youth homelessness- in Minnesota. • How does youth homelessness relate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Global Citizen tells the story of a young university student in Nigeria who used social media to provide proof of her professor’s sexual harassment. In this story, Monica…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ take: · Education Dive covers the topic of project-based learning and explains how a school in Tacoma, Washington uses daily meetings to encourage students and keep them focused…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kristin Musulin shares how the NYU Tandon School of Engineering involves students in smart cities design to engage them in STEM. • How can this program be…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Dominique Mallard spent five years in the Colorado foster care system and by the time she left, she’d been through 22 foster homes. She’s been separated from her brother for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Grover Whitehurst examines the costs of early childhood care in America and suggests that the government provide vouchers for lower-income families. · Why is child care so…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for YES! Magazine, Jen Soong explains how some colleges are beginning to provide counseling, support and recovery programs for students suffering from addiction. · Are these collegiate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · In an effort to support their alumni, charter schools are now tracking the number of students who go on to complete college. The 74 explains that charter…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Over the past few years, technology has advanced and allowed us to create a number of helpful tools for education. Kanuj Malhotra suggests that higher education institutions take…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · In the 2015-2016 school year, roughly 8 millions children missed 15 or more school days. Here, Taylor Swaak discusses the crisis of chronically absent students and how…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Global Citizen discusses the opening of LeBron James’ new I Promise school and takes a look at a few of the amazing things this institution will offer…