This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Pamela Burdman discusses research that shows that college remedial math courses do not help students and disproportionately harm students of color. • Steps have already been taken…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Laura Jimenez discusses the benefits of career and technical education (CTE) and argues that more states should require students to take CTE classes. • How can funders support advocacy…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kristen Robinson and Sarah Gelfand offer insights into developing trends around donor-advised funds based on Fidelity Charitable’s work. • Is a donor-advised fund the right match…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Khalil Abdullah answers frequently asked questions about racial identity on the 2020 census. • How can we support more accurate representation of people with racially diverse…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Annie E. Casey Foundation supports a project called Little Holy One, which utilizes a research-based approach to reduce youth suicide at Montana’s Fort Peck Reservation. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A recent survey from Digital Promise found that educators who received coaching in their school districts benefitted from the resource and learning. • How can education…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Tobey Tooley writes of the criminal justice system in Norway and how it benefits its inmates much more so then the prisons in America. • How can these…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Katey Lauer and Stephen Smith discuss how The West Virginia Can’t Wait movement is using the gubernatorial elections as a platform to raise up new leaders for the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kate Bahn researches data on job displacement disparities by race and black-white disparities in the U.S. since the 1990s. • How can policymakers ensure that structural changes in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Rann Miller at Chalkbeat discusses how educators have the opportunity to be involved in the communities that they work in and the impact this can have on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Fay Twersky, vice president at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, recently launched The Listening Post, a monthly note dedicated to lifting up exceptional ideas, voices, and questions that can help all…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Aaron S. Kesselheim reviews the origins of high prescription drug prices in the United States, as well as various policy mechanisms that can lead to more rational…