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    Designing Schools for the Future of Tech and Lifelong Learning

    Getting Smart Nov 8, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are five concepts that can help frame the design for future classrooms and education that supports lifelong learning and supports edtech.  • How will education…

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    Investing in Native American Food Systems

    Arabella Advisors Nov 8, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Arabella Advisors reports on a recent important discussion on understanding how best to fund Native American food systems, and why food sovereignty is critical to the…

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    Big For-Profit Dialysis Companies Worsen Patient Care

    Futurity Nov 8, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • This article highlights research that finds acquisitions by for-profit dialysis companies hurt patient health, survival, and transplant rates. • There are various funding initiatives that philanthropists…

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    This Is What Closing the Skills Gap Can Look Like

    LISC Nov 8, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • This article dives deep into how community organizations like the Jane Addams Resource Corp in Chicago connect people with the technical and soft skills needed to…

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    The Food System Vision Prize to Envision a Better Food System for 2050

    Food Tank Nov 8, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • The Food System Vision Prize, launched by the Rockefeller Foundation, SecondMuse, and OpenIDEO, will reward proposals that inspire farmers, policymakers, businesspeople, activists, and eaters to build a…

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    Donor-advised Funds and Foundations Should Give More Now

    Nonprofit Quarterly Nov 8, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Martin Levine at Nonprofit Quarterly writes on billionaire philanthropist John Arnold’s view on donor-advised funds and why the accumulation of resources in DAFs in charitable foundations is…

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    Using Music to Tackle Childhood Loss

    Medium Nov 8, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Susanna Rosa Durao Nhancale and researchers at the Living Without the Moon Foundation use music to address the effect of losing a parent in early childhood.…

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    Religion in the Public Schools

    Pew Research Center Nov 8, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Travis Mitchell at Pew Research Center reports on religion in public schools and shows how some forms of religious expression are relatively common. • How are religious students…

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    How a State’s Attorney Can Change Prosecution Rates

    The Marshall Project Nov 8, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Matt Daniels unpacks how Kim Foxx transformed prosecution in Cook County, Illinois by rejecting cases the pervious State’s Attorney would have pursued.  • This data shows that elected…

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    Women’s Mass Incarceration in 2019

    Prison Policy Initiative Nov 8, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Data from the Prison Policy Initiative reveals trends in women’s mass incarceration in 2019.  • How can this overview inform efforts to reduce mass incarceration? What…

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    The Mental Health Challenges In Rural Communities

    Harvest Public Media Nov 7, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • An educator from Nebraska shares the barriers for students and teachers in addressing the mental health of students in rural communities.  • Some integrated programs that…

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    One School District Finds Success With SEL Curricula

    The Hechinger Report Nov 7, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • This school was able to find success with social-emotional learning curricula by prioritizing students’ emotional well-being and in turn, saw increases in students’ academic achievement. •…

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