This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Urban Institute discusses how those involved in community development need to engage with their constituents more to truly understand their difficulties and trauma. • How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • As The 74 writes, when teachers work together, they can create better outcomes. By creating schools that encourage teachers to collaborate more openly, students can easily flourish.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Aliyya Swaby reports on the experiences of teachers trying to deal with their own Hurricane Harvey-induced problems while serving their students, working to overcome logistical and emotional issues. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The disparity between white and black adults has not gone away completely, there are still nuances in the data that illuminate the disparities but only when specifically…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Our mission at the Heron Foundation is to help people and communities help themselves out of poverty. Our strategy calls for us to address root causes and invest in organizations…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • ProPublica investigated the number of cases in which young children are being unnecessarily hospitalized because the state can not find a place for them to live, having detrimental…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · In a podcast by Getting Smart, Michael Fullan emphasizes how encouraged he is by the global momentum towards adopting deep learning strategies and policies, pushing against standardized…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Hurricane Harvey Recovery So Far In 2017 natural disasters, including Hurricane Harvey, shook America and did billions of dollars worth of damage. As we come upon 2018’s hurricane season, it…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Hurricanes Maria, Irma, and Harvey have swept through. The winds have died down, and the rain has ended. Soon, the TV news trucks will go, too, and all that will…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Blue, plastic FEMA tarps form a checkerboard pattern, visible from the top of the Martín Peña Bridge. Each square signifies a roofless home. Below, in eight of the most impoverished…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Center for High Impact Philanthropy analyzed methods of preventing childhood obesity and found successful approaches. This PDF contains examples of projects that made an impact…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • YES! Magazine reports on a new public radio station project in Kansas City that attempts to present many sides of the gun violence debate in the…