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  • A Different Approach for the Social Sector to Address Poverty

    Forbes Oct 13, 2022

    I think the problem is that we’re thinking about poverty in the wrong way. The current focus is on what people lack: income, housing, etc. Yet I believe the better approach is…

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  • Students With Disabilities in a Post COVID World

    The 74 Oct 13, 2022

    Since the start of the pandemic, we at the Center on Reinventing Public Education have had our eyes locked on the experiences of and outcomes for students with disabilities. As…

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  • College Degree Requirements for Police Could Save Lives

    Futurity Oct 13, 2022

    New research suggests that changes in police agency educational requirements could save lives. The study is unique because it’s one of the first studies to explore the nexus of officer…

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  • The Importance of Language Access in Early Childhood Programs

    Migration Policy Institute Oct 13, 2022

    One-third of U.S. children ages 0 to 5 are Dual Language Learners (DLLs), meaning they have at least one parent who speaks a language other than English at home. These…

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  • How Schools Can Help Parents Become Civically Engaged

    The 74 Oct 13, 2022

    As a U.S. citizen who came to America in pursuit of a better life and who believes in the ideals of democracy and opportunity, I struggle to understand many of…

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  • Treating and Identifying Sexually Transmitted Infections

    Futurity Oct 12, 2022

    A new study identifies steps health care teams can take to identify and treat more sexually transmitted infections. The study included nearly 1,350 patients receiving care for HIV at nine…

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  • Philanthropy Needs to Evaluate Sharing vs Giving

    Johnson Center Oct 12, 2022

    The “digital revolution has created a new economy. It goes by many names — gig economy, sharing economy, collaborative economy, on-demand economy” (Smith, 2017, para. 3). Whatever you call it,…

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  • $700 Billion Needed to Erase Pandemic Learning Loss

    The 74 Oct 12, 2022

    Schools have received almost $190 billion for pandemic recovery, but that falls far short of the $700 billion it will take to erase the damage to learning caused by COVID,…

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    By First Walking Alongside, We Can Run Together

    The Center for Effective Philanthropy Oct 12, 2022

    This summer, 28 New York City high school students spent five weeks at Trinity Commons where they learned the craft of journalism. The student journalists focused on housing issues in…

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    What Do We Know about Giving to Women’s and Girls’ Organizations?

    Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University Oct 12, 2022

    The Women & Girls Index (WGI) provides the only systematically generated, comprehensive data on charitable organizations dedicated to women and girls. The WGI tracks the landscape of women’s and girls’…

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  • The Growth of Social Justice Funding

    Johnson Center Oct 12, 2022

    The year 2020 saw large donors implement a number of policy changes designed to “decolonize” their wealth and hand over more control to the people and organizations receiving that wealth.…

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  • Measuring Nonprofit Effectiveness is Complex

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    We need to talk about Impact Per Dollar (IPD), the practice of measuring nonprofit effectiveness by calculating units of service that donors can buy with their donations. For instance, let’s…

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