This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · According to Education Dive, the U.S. Department of Education is putting an end to federal aid support for colleges with competency-based education programs. · How will this…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nearly forty years ago Bill Drayton asked himself a world-changing question: What would it look like if we had many more “social entrepreneurs” – those relatively rare individuals with new…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Parents who have children with chronic illnesses also need to feel supported and have their health needs met throughout the year. • Mothers, in particular, require…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Natasha Pinon at Mashable gives nine books that can teach children to be openminded, learn about their identity and acceptance of others. • How can donors help expand…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Carlitos Rodriguez, a survivor of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in 2018, created Stories Untold, a program that allows survivors and community members relay how the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The reason Friends of the Children exists today is because Duncan Campbell, a Portland philanthropist who founded one of the first timber investment firms in the world, willed it into existence…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As members of the National Center for Family Philanthropy, we are happy to share with our fellow members a new digital platform, Give As We Grow, that we recently launched to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Cassie Walker Burke at Chalkbeat discusses the recent closures of early childhood centers in Chicago and other parts of Illinois, and how the state may need to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Tom Vander Ark at Getting Smart argues that work experiences can be as important as formal education (high school and college in particular) in terms of shaping…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Rebecca Ruiz explains how the Trump administration’s ‘abstinence-only-until-marriage’ approach has affected the way schools teach sex education throughout the country. · What information is included in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, The Network for the Development of Children of African Descent (NdCAD) is drawing on the African heritage of local families to help boost…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · According to Education Dive, areas in Nebraska have reimagined the idea of early childhood education and adopted a new structure that encompasses the first 8 years…