This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A new study from the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) aims to address how holistic curricula helps develop skills for the 21st century. • Why…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are four takeaways about how best to support youth action from the Childhood, Gender, and Youth on the Move conference in Tijuana, Mexico last week. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Our future, and that of Silicon Valley’s, will be determined by our community’s voter turnout in 2020. The quality of our schools, affordability of our housing, abundance of our open…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Stephen Noonoo highlights a program that exposes students to a range of careers, providing opportunities to explore through hands-on learning, meeting people who work in the field and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Houston Food Bank provides food scholarships through its Food for Change program that helps clients through nonprofit partnerships that offer other supportive services. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Matthew J. Frederickson details how to protect schools from increasing ransomware attacks that have cost organizations billions of dollars and how to secure modern school networks. • What are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Investing in the leadership of young women of color is a strong bet for our country’s future. Our communities will be stronger, our systems will be stronger, and our democracy…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • New York City Young Men’s Initiative (YMI) and the Milwaukee Public Schools Department of Black and Latino Male Achievement (BLMA) both demonstrate the potential for place-based initiatives that focus on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jung Hyun Choi and Laurie Goodman, in an article for Urban Institute, outline cyclical causes of the homeownership gap between black college graduates and white dropouts.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • At Brookings, Marcela Escobari and Ian Seyal summarize a visualization of revealing data on job growth and industry location. • Why is it so important to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Ara Johannes at IDR discusses the need to integrate mental health awareness into a wide variety of development programs, especially within marginalized communities. • Johannes centers…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • James Hitchings-Hales, writing for Global Citizen, cites austerity as the major proponent behind deteriorating life expectancy — especially among women — in England’s poorer neighborhoods. • How…