This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Commonwealth Fund discusses local health care markets and how communities improved (or didn’t), finding that localized efforts such as reforming delivering systems worked. • What…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Timed with a new documentary, The Conversation discusses the legacy of Fred McFeely Rogers (of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” fame) and looks at how his warmth is a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Grantmakers in Health discusses how philanthropy can make a mark in healthcare, despite the volatile political landscape: Be a port in the storm. • Stable funding…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The author interviews Jean Twenge, a writer and professor who argues that smartphones are contributing to poor mental health and anxiety in younger generations. • How can philanthropists…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · EdSurge discusses the results of a new survey which shows that the top challenges students face when completing their degrees are not academic, but more emotional and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Yitzi Weiner talks with David Markovich and Zach Schleien about mental health and their journey to building 18percent. 18percent is an online peer to peer community supporting people with mental…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has put a halt on Obama’s special education rule, reports Chalkbeat. The rule, previously issued in 2016, was designed to stop the over-identification…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · BBC News discusses a report by Professor Sally Holland regarding the experiences of children with learning disabilities and concludes that these children have been isolated, marginalised and hidden…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Matthew Hutson interviews George Church, one of the most influential geneticists of modern time, about his predictions of the world’s future in terms of DNA and humanity. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Governing Magazine discusses how the Trump administration is changing the field of health care in America. Mattie Quinn explains that under Trump, the CMS already approved…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Kate Stringer at The 74 explains what social-emotional learning is, how schools are applying it, and the benefits that it has had on youth development and student…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Liz Seegert discusses how the opioid epidemic is impacting older adults living in rural areas. • What unique challenges make it difficult to serve this population?…