This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More than one billion people around the world live with a disability. At some point, most of us will likely experience a temporary, situational, or permanent disability. Employment and education rates are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For years now, researchers at RAND have documented the enormous toll that sexual harassment and assault have on the men and women of the U.S. military. In a recent report, they…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The study investigates the potential of Industries without Smokestacks (IWOSS) to create jobs in Ethiopia and focuses on agro-processing (particularly food and beverage), horticulture, tourism, and transport sectors. These categories…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. By the time wildfires tore through his home county of Sonoma, California, Park Guthrie was already convinced that the clock on the climate catastrophe was running out. In 2015, Guthrie,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Comprised of three organizations — Mercy Center, the Fiver Children’s Foundation, and the Qualitas of Life Foundation —as well as Tanya Valle, a mindfulness practitioner, Familia Adelante helps low-income families access services based on goals…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Figure 1 from the report shows that there is a positive relationship between governance improvement and change in per capita GDP. Three of the fastest-growing economies—Côte d’Ivoire, Rwanda, and Guinea—also…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Researchers from The University of Tasmania found that there has been a steady increase in food shocks with no decline over the past decade. • Food shocks…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The increasing amount of noise from industrial engines and seismic air guns in our oceans threatens marine animals’ livelihood and the complex ecosystems that they live…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Public K-12 schools are open now for the academic year, and instruction has returned to full-time in person, despite some disruptions due to outbreaks of the highly contagious COVID-19 delta…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic has filled our newsfeeds, our schools, our politics and our living rooms for two years. Our collective attention has been almost singularly focused on the pandemic and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Also known as the “summer slide,” summer learning loss is cumulative. This means that differing summer learning rates between low-income and high-income students add up with each passing summer, contributing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Prioritizing student learning in employer-educator partnerships is critical for a more personalized and effective workforce development program. • Why are employer-educator partnerships increasing at schools and…