This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Documentary filmmaker Catherine Gund is devoted to “moving you beyond empathy” via the vehicle of Aubin Pictures, the nonprofit film company she set up in 1996. “Films are the ultimate empathy…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Located in the Boston suburb of Newton, Massachusetts, Newton North High School serves over 2,000 students with a rich array of elective and career and technical programs. The school’s principal,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Climate change has joined racism, sexism, and related aggressions in creating a new dynamic demanding redress of America’s inequalities and defining its divisions. But it isn’t just limited to climate…
Public and private benefits are crucial to a worker’s financial security, but the design and delivery of these benefits disproportionately exclude low-wage workers, workers of color, and workers in non-traditional…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. By: Rhiannon Guzelian, Communications Manager, NVI This blog is part of an ongoing series on veterans and food insecurity. Once you’ve read this primer on food insecurity among the veteran…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Even before the COVID-19 outbreak, public schools identified a record 1.5 million children and youth experiencing homelessness this year – roughly the population of Dallas, Texas. We anticipate the pandemic…
Giving Compass’ Take: • A report at MDRC examines the colossal gaps in rural post-secondary education and aims to develop collaborative initiatives that can address them. • How do students…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Joy is such a foreign word in 2020, right? It feels — especially right now as we await the outcome of the election in the U.S. — that we are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Facing the prospects of mass layoffs after the COVID lockdown this March, Neighborhood Health Center in Oregon came up with an ingenious solution to keep all its employees on the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Most community colleges and many four-year institutions use standardized placement tests to determine if students are ready for college-level courses or need remedial help to catch up. But a new study found…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In late August, the Raikes Foundation announced our new Black Leadership & Power Fund. It was a major accomplishment for our team at a time when many of us were…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Six months into a pandemic that is keeping many businesses closed across the United States, and with close to 1 million new unemployment claims continuing to be added each week,…