This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Shanshan Chen reports that Lebanon is training students in order to prepare them for natural disasters and war. • How can funders work to effectively help to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this Chalk Beat story, Sarah Mosle highlights the pay disparity between preschool teachers at public schools and CBOs in New York City. • The most…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Although ‘twice exceptional’ students are hard to identify, Education Dive explains that they can make great advancements in their education when given the right guidance and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Urban Institute talks with Cindy Moelis, presidents of the Pritzker Traubert Foundation, about the Chicago Prize and PTF’s motivations and goals to boost neighborhood revitalization. · What is the Chicago…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · This report from the National Academy of Sciences details the effects of police stops on adolescent black and Latino boys, showing that they increase delinquent behavior. · How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for Getting Smart, Michael Niehoff provides a few additional ideas for educational leaders to show their support for teachers to be their best in both their personal…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this story from The 74, Brendan Lowe highlights a recent study on the effectiveness of comprehensive universities at helping students from low-income families make it…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this Pacific Standard story, Anna Clark fights the image of Flint, MI as a site of intractable poverty. She highlights the entrepreneurial spirit of Flint’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this Pacific Standard story, Brendan Seibel discusses Plaza 122, a community investment trust designed to slow gentrification in East Portland. • Who stands to benefit…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Center for High Impact Philanthropy profiles Feeding America, which seeks to create food security for needy families through its nationwide network of food banks, pantries…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Rina Raphael reports that veterans in Afghanistan, with the help of nonprofit Bunker Labs, founded a business by connecting Afghan farmers to the rest of the world…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Robert Lynch outlines how arts and creative expression can work to heal veterans painful experiences as well as bridge the divide between military and civilian life. • How…