This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Alastair Gee examines the practice of offering homeless people free bus tickets to relocate. While relocation may provide a fresh start, many homeless people were hurt…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Bruce DeBoskey highlights a Malcolm Gladwell talk in which Gladwell says philanthropic dollars are “going to the wrong places for the wrong reasons” in higher education.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Director of a small community center called SHAPE in Houston, Texas, discusses how the center aims to get equity from feedback to solve community problems. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Recent reports show that giving school principles more flexibility can help with budgeting issues, a model of practice called student-based budgeting. • What will it take…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for EdSource, Daniel Helena explains that districts need to implement curricula that is relevant to their students in order to promote equal opportunities of success. · How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A new study suggests that our politics and political party affiliation may help shape our beliefs and morality. • Do a person’s morals steer them to one…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • There needs to be a way to bridge the “trust deficit” between donors and NGOs in order for donors to understand more about the work that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Roger Riddell provides a few ways that new teachers can adjust to new school settings and handle the issues they face. · How can administrators support…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Karen Kahn explains as the elderly population will keep increasing, the amount of personal caretakers is decreasing. This is a problem because we do not have…
Giving Compass’ Take: • La’Tonya Rease Miles discusses the unique ways that colleges can support first-generation students. • What are the needs of first-generation students in your community? How are colleges…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Felix Salmon explains how one donor provided an overly-restrictive grant to an animal welfare organization. • How can other funders avoid the mistakes made in this example? What…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Ariel Cheung reports that students and parents are worried about the consequences of losing days of school because of the Chicago teachers strike. • How can the…