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    Nonprofit Providing Digital Access to Learning Prepares to Sunset

    EdSurge Apr 8, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • EducationSuperHighway is a nonprofit that reached its goal of connecting 99 percent of K-12 students to high-speed broadband internet and is now preparing to sunset.  •…

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    What Nonprofit Leaders Wish More People Knew

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Apr 8, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Nonprofit Finance Fund recently released survey results that detailed nonprofit leaders responses, including the hardships of navigating funding and organizational health.  • How should funders respond…

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    A Discussion of States That Mandate Sex Education

    The 74 Apr 8, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Laura Fay at The 74 discusses the number of states that have mandated sexual education classes for students, and the content within these courses.  • What…

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    Lack of Effective State Education Data System Holds Students Back

    EdSource Apr 8, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: •  Michal Kurlaender, writing for EdSource, discusses how students can benefit from a productive state education system, specifically for the success of cradle-to-career programs.  • How is the current system…

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    Five Ways to Improve Your Charitable Giving

    Medium Apr 8, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Milos Maricic, writing for Medium, lists five types of mistakes that philanthropists and individuals in the donor space are making and offers recommendations on how to improve…

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    New York City’s Crackdown on CBD

    The Atlantic Apr 8, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • The Atlantic writes about how health departments in New York City and other areas are stopping restaurants and cafes from using CBD oil. • CBD oil has…

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    How Different Learning Styles Can Foster Agency In Students

    Getting Smart Apr 8, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Marie Bjerede, writing for Getting Smart, suggests that to foster agency in students, the educator must shift classroom focus from teacher-centered to student-centered by using various learning…

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    Young People Call for End to Oil and Gas Leasing

    Pacific Standard Apr 8, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Pacific Standard reports on a protest at the Utah Bureau of Land Management, where young people are demanding an end to leasing public land for oil and…

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    How to Boost Math Skills in the Early Grades

    The Hechinger Report Apr 8, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: · There has been so much emphasis on early childhood literacy that math instruction has become minimal in young classrooms. Sarah Gonser at The Hechinger Report discusses the…

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    Climate Change Will Happen Faster Than We Think

    Nature Apr 8, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • This Nature post highlights three trends — rising emissions, declining air pollution and natural climate cycles — that will hasten climate change, and urges action on multiple…

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    Grantee Voice: Improve Funder Approaches to Grantmaking Goals and Strategies

    The Center for Effective Philanthropy Apr 8, 2019

    In our recent survey of CEP’s Grantee Voice Panel, nearly 20 percent of nonprofit leaders identify opportunity for funders to improve aspects of their grantmaking approach and strategy, making it the…

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    Investing in the Heartland

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Apr 8, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Kathy O. Brozek explains how Iroquois Valley Farms is investing to support local farmers and discusses why the business model is viable. • Are you in a…

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