This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • More cities are reporting their Voluntary Local Review, a report submitted to the U.N. detailing specific city contributions toward SDG achievement. To encourage this trend, a team…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Investment in women’s health, particularly reproductive health, is critical to unlocking potential opportunities to strengthen local economies where women can contribute to the workforce. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Colin Kaepernick’s #TakeAKnee movement and activism can teach us lessons about how we value U.S. citizenship and its tie to equality. • The #TakeAKnee movement is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A journalism initiative called “What Went Wrong?” exposed 142 failed aid projects in Kenya, explaining that feedback mechanisms might be a useful tool to help these…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • As a counterbalance to increasingly anti-immigrant government policies that it’s fighting against, the Carnegie Corporation of New York announces this year’s entrants to its list of great…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • As The Conversation reports, a recent gift by billionaire Robert Smith to pay off the student loans of 2019 graduates of Morehouse points to the potential of…
Giving Compass’ Take: • The Jim Joseph Foundation created a Funder Collaborative that encouraged philanthropists to create or improve upon local initiatives for youth development in their own communities, while also receiving support…
Giving Compass’ Take: • USAID has studied systematic, intentional, and resourced collaborating, learning and adapting (CLA) throughout program planning and implementation to improve their development work around the world. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Part two of a multi-part series. Read parts one and three. There is a lot of momentum behind reforming our democracy right now. From dark money to gerrymandering to the national popular…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · George Ingram explains how three recent publications have provided some insight on the evolution of global development and where it should go next. · How has the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · New research into the racial disparities in special education shows that black and Hispanic students are less likely to be placed in special education programs than…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Here’s what we’re reading: Study: Promoting growth data may improve school integration Education Dive breaks down how presenting parents with growth data rather than demographics and test scores can improve…