This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Fast Company profiles an entrepreneur named Maneesha Mukhi, who created a service called ImmiGo: an online marketplace where individuals and companies can seek out legal consultation about…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Food Tank interviews economist Dr. Wei Zhang, who authored a new report about evaluating our food system for sustainability. Studying the impact of food production, “from farm…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Using cryptocurrency, one individual is incentivizing the public to donate to the local homeless population. • This is an inventive way to use cryptocurrency, but the philanthropic…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • GoMkt is a new app that lets patrons buy unsold food items to address the issue of food waste. It’s an example of private sector innovation combating…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Hechinger Report profiles a teacher in the Bronx named Michael Gallin who is part of a growing number of educators trying to break through mental…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Writing for The 74, North Carolina’s public schools superintendent Mark Johnson stresses the importance of early childhood literacy, particularly for low-income students. He also calls for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Louisiana’s TOPS scholarship was intended to support low-income students through college, but because of rising costs of tuition, the scholarships are primarily used by well-off white families. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Broadband is the primary infrastructure need of Americans. • Who is most impacted by lack of broadband access in America? Why hasn’t political momentum matched national…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • School desegregation was never properly achieved in America, and segregation is increasing nationwide. • How can schools become diverse when neighborhoods are not diverse? Can philanthropy…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Inequalities based on school location are apparent in England. Poor students in London perform far better academically than their counterparts in northern and rural England. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Fast Company discusses the changing landscape of the economy with CEOs and managers to learn their opinion on having practical skills vs. having a college degree.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will convene later this month to address issues in Latin America regarding sustainable development, finance,…