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    Research Reveals Flaws in Principal Pipeline Hiring Patterns

    The 74 Jun 30, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • A study in AERA Open finds trends in the principal pipeline revealing that female and Black assistant principals were systematically delayed and denied promotions to principal when compared…

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    The Criminalization of Black Students

    Futurity Jun 30, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Subini Ancy Annamma explains how schools criminalize Black students and what can be done to ensure students are not criminalized in the education system.  • What role…

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    Preparing Students for the Future with Artificial Intelligence

    Getting Smart

    Giving Compass’ Take: · Rachelle Dene Poth discusses how schools can use artificial intelligence in the classroom as both a means of teaching students about this technology to boost their…

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    Keeping Students in Charge of their Learning During Digital Transformations

    EdSurge

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Frederick County Public Schools in Virginia enlists the help of Hapara Highlights to promote student-centered learning while implementing new technology in the classroom.  • How does digital…

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    Unpacking U.S. Economic Inequality

    Washington Center for Equitable Growth

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Austin Clemens uses eight graphs to show the growth of economic inequality in the United States.  • How can funders use this information to inform efforts to…

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    Creating Job Opportunities for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals

    FastCompany Jun 29, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Second Chance Studios employs 12 formerly incarcerated fellows in its yearlong program, teaching them how to produce digital media content and then help them find jobs in…

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    Building Individual Agency Involves a Collective Effort

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Jun 29, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • At Miami Dade College, there is a collective effort to encourage everyone’s individualistic sense of agency and support shared responsibility of creating change.  • How does empathy,…

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    Fast Food Takes Over Fresh Options in Low-income Areas

    The Conversation Jun 29, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Fast food chains are often housed within food-insecure neighborhoods and rule out options for more expensive stores with organic food.  • Creative solutions to food desert…

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    Struggling to Help Dyslexic Kids Keep Pace with Peers

    Coloradoan

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Kelly Ragan shares the stories of families and educators working to help students with dyslexia keep up with their peers.  • How can philanthropists help ensure that…

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    A Roadmap for Addressing Economic Inequality

    Prosperity Now

    According to our research, over three out of every five Black households do not have enough savings to replace income at the poverty level for three months in the event…

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    Peer-Driven Change in the San Francisco Bay Area’s Iu Mien Community

    The Bridgespan Group Jun 29, 2020

    Community Context The Iu Mien people, originally from the southern part of China, migrated into northern Laos and Thailand from the 19th to the 20th centuries, where their livelihoods depended…

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    Peer-Driven Change in Greater Boston

    The Bridgespan Group Jun 29, 2020

    Community Context The city of Boston and its surrounding metropolitan area, with its blue chip colleges and universities, is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading talent factories and…

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