This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Community college leaders reveal the keys to success for implementing guided pathways initiatives aimed at improving outcomes for students. • How can funders best support community college…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How do you define philanthropy? I’m wedded to the traditional definition of philanthropy – the love of mankind. I also describe it as giving from the heart and loving others.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A collaboration between criminal justice reform advocates, storytellers and a pair of funders has birthed a new project to support the growing movement to close New York City’s Rikers Island…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Ana Homayoun, writing for EdSurge, is helping schools brainstorm ideas on creating curriculum and school policies that help curb students’ digital distractions. • How are educators monitoring…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. You don’t have to look very far to see that we are in a critical moment in the poverty fight. More than 40 million people across the U.S. live below…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. My colleagues, Heather McLeod Grant and Adene Sacks, have just published a new workbook called “Leading Systems Change.” The book describes a new approach to leadership and community engagement in the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Futurity reports on an electronic tool called MedSafer that could help doctors and pharmacists reduce medication overload among elderly patients. • How can funders help replicate or expand…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Rachelle Dene Poth at Getting Smart discusses the importance of metacognition in education as it enables students to develop reflective practices and prepare for the future. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • According to new research, the severity of wildfires in the Sierra Nevada region of California has been sensitive to changes in climate over the past 1,400…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Agricultural Worker Program Act could help to bring stability to undocumented farmworkers, their communities, their agricultural employers, and our food system as a whole. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • TriplePundit details a new report by the International Energy Agency, which emphasizes the need for more progress on clean energy initiatives in order to address the effects…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Chelsea Waite at EdSurge argues that school innovation practices are missing enough diversity and that diversity is necessary to transform the learning experience and drive better outcomes…