This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Business Alliance for Local Living Economies produced strategies to build and strengthen local economies so that surrounding communities can benefit. • Do certain social factors affect health…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Common Core State Reading standards have shifted to offering more difficult non-fiction texts and are now assigned based on grade-level rather than reading level, making some…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Pay-for-performance pilot programs are successful in workforce development trainings, specifically for opportunity youth. Third Sector Capital Partners encouraged collaboration from governments and private funders. • How can pay-for-performance strengthen…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Cisco Live is a conference that hosts the GPS (global problem solvers) initiative and featured last year’s winners who are all using digital technology to create change…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The authors report on a new study that investigates how gamification in nutrition can help Nigerian youth eat more fruits and vegetables. • Can gamification tactics be used…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • WASH Funders examines the financial soundness of six different service delivery models in the sector, specifically looking for institutions that can scale properly. • Which models…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Global Citizens touches on the importance of school funding and the struggles of low-income schools through this inspiring story of giving: a stranger handing cash to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Rodney Sampson, CEO and founder of Opportunity Hub, discusses the importance of an education system that focuses on preparing students for the workforce. • Why is it…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Travis Lupick describes how Liz Evans pioneered the “housing first” approach to homelessness when she turned an old hotel into a living space for the homeless, often…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Linda Jacobson reports that a new survey suggests a dramatic increase in the number of parents that feel their students are unsafe at school. • How does the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Robert Ubell argues that online education can help low-income students succeed if it included the supports that traditional education includes: study centers, career services, healthcare services, clubs, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Madge Thomas explains Global Citizen’s approach to ending extreme poverty including the current status of various poverty-related issues and how Global Citizen intends to create change. …