This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A law firm’s corporate social responsibility program partnered with Artolution, the Harvey Milk High School, and the Manhattan School for Career & Development (MSCD) to offer high…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · State exams have played a large role in the academic world, with scores determining if students move on in school. Now, AEI reports that parents are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • As classroom management and discipline becomes more difficult, some states are changing the discipline standards for teachers: leaning towards less punitive measures and more restorative justice practices. • What…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Filling a gap often left in sex education, Hugs and Kisses has been shown in Virginia since the mid-1980s to educate children about abuse, including how to recognize and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • To promote youth organizing, funders should consider supporting youth leadership and invest in their movements for social change. • Research shows that this type of organizing spawns social…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Marie-Rose Romain Murphy, a native Haitian, offers ways for organizations to effectively safeguard in the #AidToo era. • What organizations are already doing this well? How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Karlie Kloss started Kode With Klossy to help young women develop coding skills, confidence, and much more. • How can other celebrities capitalize on their fame for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Hazim Hardeman shares his story about the opportunities that were afforded to him in order to make great academic accomplishments and his eventual path to Rhodes Scholar. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Christensen Institute interviews the CEO of iCouldBe, a nonprofit organization that connects mentors to classrooms in which the majority of the students are from lower socio-economic…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Due to the rapid pace of urbanization throughout the world, there are higher rates of unemployed, urban youth that are moving towards patterns of violence instead of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Tricia Raikes shares the alarming stats around LGBTQ homelessness and offers insight into how donors can help homeless youth get back on their feet. • How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Atlantic discusses takeaways from the VARK (Visual, Auditory, Reading, and Kinesthetic) questionnaire, which indicates that people can’t be easily pigeonholed into a specific type of…