This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Gifted programs in elementary schools aren’t adequately serving Black and low-income students, research finds. “The potential benefits aren’t equally distributed,” says lead author and University of Florida College of Education…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is a broad framework or umbrella term covering data and technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), and their links to physical objects, such as infrastructures, cars,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When you think about nonprofits and their work, what comes to mind? Some immediately think about mission, programs, services, outcomes, impact, resources, and funding. Others think about the capacity of…
Giving Compass’ Take: • The Ford Foundation provides a framework for participatory grantmaking, a model that relies on engaging with communities and local leaders to understand their needs and assets. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the Frontline documentary “Growing Up Poor in America,” 13-year old Ohioan Shawn and his mother and baby sister were subsisting on $885 a month in benefits during the early…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There’s a lot of complaining going on in the field of philanthropy lately. It feels like philanthropy whack-a-mole. One new idea pops up and everyone loves it. Then it gets…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The role businesses can play in creating economic growth across communities is obvious. But many CEOs believe businesses also have a responsibility to address social issues, such as income inequality.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As COVID-19 upends the global food supply chain and disrupts economies around the world, the threat of food waste looms particularly large. Farmers are faced with fields of crops and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Change is most effective when we follow the lead of the stories, experiences, and data shared by communities. Across the StriveTogether Cradle to Career Network, we use this information to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Jenny Price, historian, artist, author, and Ivy League academic, thinks most environmentalists are sabotaging their own cause. Shouldering their tote bags through the organic aisle at the grocery store, they…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Women journalists and journalists of color aren’t paid as well as their white male counterparts in 14 Gannett newsrooms, and journalists in unionized newsrooms are paid better than those in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Roughly 10% of foster youth in the U.S. are entitled to Social Security benefits, either because their parents have died or because they have a physical or mental disability that…