This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Research from RAND Corporation reveals that the burden of health care payments as a share of income is greatest among households with the lowest incomes. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kevin Mahnken reports that researchers found that children from low-income families spend 40 percent longer than middle-income children looking at screens and approximately double the time compared to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. One of the primary ways the staff at the Jacob & Valeria Langeloth Foundation would describe ourselves and how we work is that we “follow the field.” We pride ourselves on the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Templeton World Charity Foundation is currently funding the Big Questions in Classrooms initiative in England to better gauge how educators and students understand the How Knowledge Works program. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • More and more for-profit newspapers are creatively seeking to build relationships with philanthropies to garner more funding. • How will philanthropic funding impact newspapers if it…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Forty-one states are taking action to fund CTE programs and enacting policies related to career technical education by connecting students to apprenticeships. • How can donors…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Nora Kenney writes how dozens of studies on public charter schools have reached a consistent conclusion: Their presence benefits disadvantaged students who attend them as well as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Brian Grimmett reports on the contaminated drinking water in private wells in Kansas which leaves people vulnerable to cancer-causing toxins. • What steps can you take now…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Megan Schumann reports on research showing that a common test for autism is less reliable than previously assumed. • How can donors financially support more research that will…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A former teacher describes how educators can teach students how to think critically to make better literacy choices and identify fake news. • How can the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Chris Malloy explains the causes of Phoenix’s water sustainability challenges and highlights efforts to address these challenges. • How can funders work to safeguard communities from drought…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. These factors significantly contribute to housing supply and cost issues in the United States. 1. Growth in the total US housing stock has been muted. The nation’s housing stock expanded…