This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • David Ross, writing for Getting Smart, discusses how place-based education can help drive educational outcomes in personalized learning. • How can donors help advance place-based education across…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A new report is showing how graduate school can have serious effects on students’ mental health. Ph.D. candidates suffer from anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation at astonishingly…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • According to this report from AEI, the current official poverty measure (OPM) includes widely recognized flaws that severely compromise its measurement of American poverty. • How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Atlantic reports on levels of lead exceeding the federal standard found in the waters off of Newark, New Jersey and Flint, Michigan. • Is it effective to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • According to a new study, rates of suicide attempts are lower in high schools where students have better connections to their peers and stronger relationships with…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A group of 181 CEOs recently upended decades of convention by signing the Business Roundtable’s revised “Statement on the Purpose of the Corporation.” The statement formalized a growing belief that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Experts at Yale University say that it is possible to change the poor sleep habits of children in preschool and elementary school, and they give 5…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors explains how philanthropies are working to respond to growing scrutiny and what the best practices are for funders. • How can funders lean…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Education Dive reports on programs in the U.S. that let schools borrow priceless historical art and artifacts for extended lesson plans. The Arkansas Declaration of Learning is one…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How do you define philanthropy? Traditionally, people think of philanthropy as giving money to community organizations. The assumption is that you must be wealthy or have money to spare to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Alina Siegfried, writing for Medium, lists the various ways that New Zealand offers sustainable conditions for social impact and entrepreneurship to thrive. • How are donors in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To ensure a strong democracy in the future, we must ensure that young people are engaged now, perhaps even before some of them can vote. Civic participation for most young…