This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Students at DePauw University in Greencastle, IN, use solutions journalism to write about student drinking. • How will utilizing solutions journalism help students understand social issues…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kristen Kopczynski, writing for Getting Smart, discusses essential tips for educators to utilize to implement SEL successfully in the classroom. • SEL can help students establish…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A report from the Hope Center at Temple University revealed that many students attending colleges in Chicago experienced housing or food insecurity. • How are colleges…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • AVPN is acting as an accelerator for climate action by increasing capital for climate change issues and investing in collective efforts to address global warming. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • This Children & Nature Network post explores Attention Restoration Theory, which contends that people can acquire better focus after spending time in nature (or even looking…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Patricia Gándara and Joy Ee surveyed educators across the United States and found that immigration enforcement has significant negative impacts on public education. • How can funders…
Giving Compass’ Take: • OPRE and MDRC evaluated the Young Adult Internship Program in New York and found that early outcomes indicated higher labor force participation and wages for participants over the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Isabel V. Sawhill and Christopher Pulliam share six important facts about wealth in the United States that can help inform policy and philanthropy. • How can funders…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Tennessee Educational Equity Coalition provides policy recommendations to improve educational equity for rural schools. • How can funders help to implement policy improvements for rural schools? •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This article is an introduction to a multi-part series about election reform from The Center for Election Science. Read parts two and three. Immigration. Climate change. Healthcare. These are just…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for PhilanTopic, Srikanth Gopal explains the three shifts in philanthropy that are needed to better design and evaluate social change: turning projects to systems, results to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for Governing Magazine, Mike Maciag lists the cities with the biggest racial disparities in schools, explains why public schools don’t always reflect their surrounding communities and…