This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A survey of college seniors from the Center for Postsecondary Research at Indiana University’s School of Education found that the majority of students believe their courses are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Centre for Homelessness Impact hosted a conference earlier this year with foundation members from Wales and England, discussing how philanthropy needs a new approach to address…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Co-op Tightshift Laboring Cooperative is a D.C. based organization aimed at helping formerly incarcerated individuals with job opportunities. • How can organizations that have successful models share their best practices?…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this Philanthropy New York article, Brandee McHale, President of the Citi Foundation, argues that we must challenge the status quo by having the question “So what?”…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Chelsea Follett argues that female empowerment is a benefit of economic freedom because poverty disproportionately affects women. • Is this a complete enough picture, or do other cultural…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Helen Lee Bouygues argues that schools need to teach students to find trolls’ motives in order to combat the damaging impact of online trolls. • How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Tom Vander Ark and Mary Ryerse discuss the need for equity-focused competency-based education and offer strategies for implementation at scale. • How can funders determine which strategies are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Thurston Domina, an education professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, conducted a study showing that families applying for free or reduced-price meals for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Hechinger Report contributor Andre Perry believes that more connected school communities will be paramount to reducing violence in schools because it will create a sense of emotional…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Square Roots is one example of the emerging number of high tech indoor farming accelerators in urban cities. • How can more urban farmers share best practices within indoor farming? …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • England children’s commissioner Anne Longfield discusses why schools need to take a bigger role in protecting students from the negative effects of spending too much time on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Food security, farming, and food waste are all connected, not only to global health but also climate change. Since soil is at the heart of agriculture,…