This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kevin Mahnken lists research-backed reasons that black students benefit from having black teachers. • How can funders help increase teacher diversity? • Learn about the diversity gap…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Mimi Woldeyohannes describes the growing gap between student and teacher diversity levels and the consequences of this disparity. • How can funders help increase the share of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Mimi Woldeyohannes shares the changing statistics of the racial makeup of America’s public schools. Click the link at the bottom to see the interactive maps. • What…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Nina Martin discusses the disparately high rate of death Black women experience in pregnancy and childbirth. • How can funders close the racial gap in maternal mortality? How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Rodney Foxworth explains how restorative investing can go beyond impact investing and close racial and wealth gaps. • What other systems can be undone by this method? • Read…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Between the beginning 2015 and the end of 2017, there have been 472 verified reports of hate speech in public schools. Education Dive explains the different ways districts…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Multiple organizations — in partnership with the Foundation Center — have committed a quarter of a million dollars to fund a new Native American-focused web portal,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Food doesn’t just nourish our bodies — it sustains our souls. And in the case of several social justice-focused organizations located in the Pacific Northwest, breaking bread with others is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Brookings Institute examines the state of race relations in this country one year after the Charlottesville riots between white supremacists and anti-fascist protestors. The author advocates…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this Medium post, Living Cities CEO Ben Hecht examines the scale of poverty in the U.S. and the racial inequities we face, urging that funders must…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The National Indian Education Association released it’s first Native Community Schools handbook that will help charter schools understand how to relate to the cultural needs of Native…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Writing for Stanford Social Innovation Review, consultant Makiyah Moody discusses a series of essays called “Black & Bold: Perspectives on Leadership” that pushes back against stereotypes of…