Giving Compass’ Take: • Researchers from the Urban Institute investigated how gun violence affects the economic health of communities, which varies between cities. • How can funders help communities address gun…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • According to new research highlighted at Futurity, human-made air pollution is likely the reason for a drop in precipitation from the Asian summer monsoons. • How can…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • The Atlantic remembers the school shooting that occurred in Santa Fe last year in which 10 people were killed. The press mostly stayed away in this…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • School discipline reform across the United States has shown that aggressive discipline measures profoundly disrupt students’ academic achievement and other less severe approaches (such as restorative…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • Youth Villages offers foster care transition services for teenagers that are 18-21 who age out of the system, but still need support finding housing, jobs, and…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • The Atlantic reflects on a new generation of college students, who don’t remember a time when school gun violence wasn’t a widely feared threat. How has it…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • Food Tank highlights a venture-backed technology startup, FoodMaven, that is tackling the industrial food waste problem by allowing food producers and suppliers to earn a profit from…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • A study found that the most effective way to prepare low-income communities for hurricanes was to put out information campaigns prior to hurricanes. • How can…
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Click here for more.New data confirms that a record-breaking number of students experienced homelessness during the 2016-17 school year. The number of students who experience homelessness each year has been steadily ticking upward for more than…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • Melissa S. Kearney shares policy solutions that would provide a better social safety net for American children to facilitate long-term success. • How do these suggestions align…
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Click here for more.More than 350 million people worldwide are impacted by disasters each year, according to the 2019 Global Humanitarian Overview. For these individuals, the effects of a crisis don’t fade away when…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • Efosa Ojomo discusses lessons in innovation, economic prosperity, and purpose from Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen. • Christensen defines innovation as “a change in the process…