This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • You Can’t Be What You Can’t See by Mibrey W. McLaughlin tells the story about how CYCLE, an out-of-school-time tutoring program started in 1978 in Chicago, addressed the opportunity gap…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Center for High Impact Philanthropy (CHIP) identifies a program called Pathways to Housing PA that has shown measurable success in helping chronically homeless people in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Smithsonian reports that the University of Washington is using satellite imagery to gather data regarding the relationship between obesity and cityscapes, while investigating how the environment affects…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Smithsonian Magazine explains that Australian researchers have used both AI and applied mathematics to develop new software capable of detecting landslides up to two weeks before they…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Ioannis Dimitrios Zoulias reports that “The Right Pants” may be able to help some disabled people to walk again through a combination of artificial muscles and stimulation…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Lauren Barack reports that in spite of declining offerings, Career and Technical Education (CTE) classes are popular where they exist. • How will automation impact the future…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A third of students reported being bullied in the 2017-18 school year in a YouthTruth Student Survey. White students and students of color reported different levels of bullying and different…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Human traffickers are targeting individuals by pretending to be travel agents on Facebook, but are then packing people into boats across the Mediterranean. • Theresa May proposes that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this Medium post, the Insight Center for Community Economic Development’s Anne Price describes the complex, but important work that must be done in the field of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Cleveland Scene reports on a new tax incentive intended to funnel money into high-poverty areas for development (Opportunity Zones); the problem is, loopholes may make it…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Education Dive addresses the talent gap between college graduates and the experienced workers employers desire and expresses the need to focus further up the pipeline by…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Changing States-Building Power on the Frontlines: Missouri highlights the ways that racial equity benefits the community, including economic growth and increased participation in democracy. • How can…