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    Increased Diversity Can Fill the Tech Talent Gap

    Mashable Feb 2, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Chatelle Lynch explains how companies can intentionally recruit diverse candidates to fill the tech talent gap that prevents companies from reaching their full potential. • How can…

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    Entrepreneur Lifts Liberian Women and Children Out of Poverty

    Forbes

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Lisa Cox reports that in a factory in Liberia, a primarily female workforce creates clothing to sell and school uniforms to donate. The company is turning…

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    Foundation Practice: Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning

    The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Feb 2, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Meredith Blair Pearlman explains how The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is working to improve its monitoring, evaluation, and learning practices.  • Is your foundation ready to…

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    Funding Sustainable Livelihoods in India

    India Development Review Feb 2, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • India Development Review unpacks the findings of an AVPN report on effectively funding sustainable livelihoods in India. • How can funders use this feedback to shift efforts in…

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    9 Times Completely Fearless Women Took on the Law and Won

    Global Citizen Feb 1, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • The authors compiled a list of nine circumstances in which women fought for equal rights and protections and won their cases, changing many laws all over the…

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    Kenyan Students Are Setting an Amazing Example with Planetary Health Diet

    Global Citizen Feb 1, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • The 4K Club in rural Machakos, Kenya, is a student-led group that is working to grow a diverse food system in its school garden and commit…

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    21 Organizations Transforming Australia’s Food System

    Food Tank Feb 1, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Katherine Walla at Food Tank goes over 21 food system organizations in Australia that aim to help sustainable farming, food waste, and other agricultural goals.  •…

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    Teaching Hope During the 2020 Campaign Season

    The Conversation Feb 1, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Sarah Stitzlein at The Conversation discusses ways teachers and educators can teach hope and help students explore real social and political problems for the 2020 campaign season. •…

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    Why This Philanthropist Believes That Art is a Powerful Leveler

    Fundraising & Philanthropy Feb 1, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Fundraising & Philanthropy interviews Wendy Fisher, an artist and philanthropist who believes in the power of art and how it can be a leveler for race, religion,…

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    Translating Text to Braille in Real Time

    Smithsonian Feb 1, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Maya Wei-Haas explains how a team of engineers has created a working prototype of a portable device that translates text into braille for blind users.  • How can…

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    How Can Schools Prepare Students for Jobs that Don’t Exist Yet?

    The Hechinger Report Feb 1, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Caroline Preston shares strategies that schools and companies are using to prepare students for the workforce in spite of schools’ inability to keep up with jobs that don’t exist…

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    For Some Districts, Teacher Salaries Aren’t Always a Top Priority

    Education Dive Jan 31, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Superintendents, school board members, and district chief financial officers outline the reasons why teachers salaries are not always a funding priority for school districts.  •  What is the…

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