This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Allen Smart provides important considerations for rural health funders to consider in order to make an impact on health care. • What unique challenges and assets do…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Chris Teale reports that leaders at the National Alliance to End Homelessness’ conference discussed how to effectively address the affordable housing crisis across the country. • What…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Karen Kahn discusses a report from Grantmakers in Aging that outlines strategies for philanthropists who want to make an impact on the opioid crisis. • What partnership opportunities…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Corianne Scally explains research on the connection between public housing and asthma that suggest HUD assistance recipients fare worse than their poor peers who did not receive public…
Giving Compass’ Take: • At the Resnick Aspen Action Forum, youth leaders discussed the different issues arising in their communities and detail the action they have taken to address problems…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Americans already have millions of pounds of food stocked in their freezers, but The New Food Economy explains that the threat of higher tariffs from the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Although Starbucks has decided to ban straws, The Guardian explains how that doesn’t necessarily mean a reduction in the company’s plastic usage. The new lids designed to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Although society is continuously advancing, those shifts don’t always translate over to the American education system. Dan Greenwald explains the need for change now and created Pipeline Alliance as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Chalkbeat talks with Mandy Sequin, a kindergarten teacher in Indianapolis, about the benefits of preschool for children and teachers alike. According to Sequin, preschool not only gives…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · According to Governing Magazine, a transgender student in Oregon was supported by U.S. District Judge Marco Hernandez to use school facilities that align with his gender identity. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Technology is taking over, and after seeing a young girl interact with a robot teacher, Miles Sandler shares his concerns for the future of teaching and education.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Traditional methods used to place college students in courses relies on the results of one exam, often leading to misplacement and wasted time. MDRC publishes a guide…