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    Why Schools Should Prioritize Teaching Financial Literacy

    Education Dive Jan 2, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: •  Teaching financial literacy to young students can help them foster better business and financial habits.  • How can donors spread financial literacy? How does giving play…

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    How Understanding Trauma Can Help Students Achieve

    Urban Institute Jan 2, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Katrina Ballard at Urban Institute discusses how violent actions taken generations ago can still have an impact on families today, and how understanding these traumas can help…

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    Implications of Risk Assessment Tools

    MacArthur Foundation Jan 2, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: · This report from the MacArthur Foundation takes a look at the impact of pretrial risk assessment instruments on incarceration reduction. · What are pretrial risk assessment tools and how…

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    The First Scooter Company to Unionize Tests California’s Gig Work Bill

    CityLab Jan 2, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for CityLab, Sarah Holder reports that workers at a San Francisco electric scooter company called Spin have opted to join the local Teamsters union. · How…

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    How Much Screen Time Is Too Much for Kids?

    EdSurge

    Giving Compass’ Take: • EdSurge interviews a few education and tech experts to gauge their ideas on how much screen time they consider to be too much for children and why. …

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    How Chicago Hopes to Retain More Teachers of Color

    Chalkbeat Jan 1, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: · At the Chicago Board of Education’s first public meeting, a major topic of discussion included the city’s goals to increase diversity of the teaching workforce and how…

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    Funeral Costs Are Soaring — Here’s How States Can Help

    In Defense of Liberty Blog Jan 1, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for the In Defense of Liberty Blog, Trevor Bratton takes a look at how states can help those in need with the rapidly rising costs of…

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    How to Start a Union When You Don’t Have the Right

    YES! Magazine Jan 1, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: •  Jorge Mariscal and Leroy Chatfield discuss how millions of farmworkers were excluded from the legal right to form a union, so, they started a movement instead. …

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    Strengthening Panchayats in India

    India Development Review Jan 1, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Dr. Shankara Prasad argues that for India’s Panchayati Raj system to be more effective, they need a new approach to training its three million elected representatives. • Constitutional…

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    Approaches to Addressing Child Trafficking

    Futurity Jan 1, 2020

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Jonathan Todres explains how upstream, public health approaches grounded in facts can successfully prevent child trafficking. • How can funders work to fight stigma and myths around trafficking?…

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    How Parents’ Arguments Affect Child Development

    BBC

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Gordon Harold explains how parents’ behavior, especially arguing, can have a significant impact on a child’s trajectory and mental health.  • How can funders help parents access the…

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    How College Students’ Career Preferences Have Changed

    Business Insider Dec 31, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Universum released an study indicating that college students’ preferences in job characteristics and attributes have changed over the last decade. • One finding revealed that by…

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