This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • This Education Dive post explores ways that schools are using school resource or security officers equipped with social-emotional learning (SEL) skills to address behavioral problems. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Research shows that investment in community programs that focus on increasing public safety can bring about progress. A new report from the Urban Institute has recommendations for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • This post from the Open Philanthropy Project explores several opportunities for donors, including a Bronx nonprofit that connects people to legal advice 24/7 and a New…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Hechinger Report contributor Andre Perry believes that more connected school communities will be paramount to reducing violence in schools because it will create a sense of emotional…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Arash Javanbakht, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Wayne State University, discusses the social consequences of mass gun violence in America. · How does mass gun violence affect…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Andre Perry explains the role of emotional health is essential to school safety as a preventative measure against violence including shootings. • How can funders help schools give…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • James Paterson reports that colleges are changing their campus safety messaging to reflect rising gun violence against college students. • Is this an effective way of increasing campus…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In Patrick Sharkey’s book, Uneasy Peace: The Great Crime Decline, the Renewal of City Life, and the Next War on Violence, he examines the power of local community…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Matt Beienburg discusses the recent calls for regulation on Arizona’s charter schools, profiteering among charter owners, and why investors need an incentive to donate funds to charter…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · During the rise of the #MeToo movement, many people pointed out that Africa seemed largely silent on the topic of sexual harassment. Al Jazeera explains the reality…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Global Citizen profiles South African actor and entrepreneur, Sello Maake KaNcube, who has made an effort to mentor young men and boys on the impact of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Isabel Kubabom reports that women and girls living in Trinidad and Tobago are learning to protect themselves from the pervasive problem of gender-based violence and how…