This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Despite the trends of the future workforce pointing toward more technology, employers are also looking for applicants with effective soft skills. Liberal arts colleges may have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Amelia Harper explains how an after-school program in North Carolina is helping students build problem-solving and soft skills by pairing them to work with local businesses to solve real-world…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Brookings offers steps to prepare the next generation of water workers by focusing on training, skills development, and collaboration with community partners. • What can we do to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Lydiah Kemunto Bosire, at Stanford Social Innovation Review, contends that if foundations aren’t taking risks on outside-the-box ideas, they’re not succeeding. • Why should foundations especially…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jenny R. Yang, writing for Urban Institute, explains how AI hiring technology reproduces racial bias from past decisions, offering suggestions for how to correct the issue.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Mark Keierleber explores the progress and drawbacks of a Minneapolis school district’s move to police-free schools in 2017. • How might implicit discrimination and systemic racism…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Joseph J. Fins and Samuel Bagenstos, at The Conversation, discuss how efforts to alleviate suffering during coronavirus neglect people with disabilities. • How do gaps in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • School districts are shifting their chronic absenteeism strategies to respond to the current global pandemic and its subsequent effects on academics. • How will school districts…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are six leaders who are committed to diversity and provide insight into how they are building a culture of inclusion in the workplace. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Sanya Carley and David Konisky explain that the recession triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic is and will continue to prevent Americans from affording basic necessities including energy. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • School administrators are offering advice on how to address learning loss due to school closures because of the pandemic, deemed the ‘COVID slide.’ • According to administrators,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Researchers indicate that this is not the first time in American history that health crises like the COVID-19 pandemic have spurred anti-Asian hate crimes, including harassment…