This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jacob Castaneda shares six steps for supporting high-aptitude math students in under-resourced schools, where they often go without proper materials. • How can funders help schools implement these…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Climate scientists have researched the history of climate in Buffalo, finding that the city can better withstand the impacts of climate change (compared to other places),…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • There is a significant drop in teacher training enrollment, suggesting a decrease in educators which further exacerbates the teacher shortage. • What are the underlying reasons…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A team at the University of Massachusetts Boston examined the financial well-being of Americans who are 65 and older, to better understand their hardships. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Tom Vander Ark at Getting Smart argues that work experiences can be as important as formal education (high school and college in particular) in terms of shaping…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Global Citizen asked chief medical officer of GSK Vaccines, Thomas Breuer, what people can do to combat vaccine misinformation. • Breuer says that “the anti-vax movement is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Researchers say that at US$2.84 per head per day, the ‘ideal healthy diet’ would be beyond reach for nearly 1.6 billion people, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Rebecca Ruiz explains how the Trump administration’s ‘abstinence-only-until-marriage’ approach has affected the way schools teach sex education throughout the country. · What information is included in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Education Dive analyzes a report by Jobs for the Future (JFF) and Pearson which focuses on the changing workforce and provides suggestions on how to transition from traditional…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Dyvonne Body explains that rising dependent care costs are burdening families – particularly women – to an unmanageable extent. • How can funders work to address this…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Purdue Pharma, the company that makes OxyContin is facing several lawsuits due to its role in creating the opioid crisis. It recently declared bankruptcy and may…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Despite advice from scientists saying to replace beef with chicken if you’re worried about climate change, it might not actually be that helpful. • The poultry…