This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In May 2018, I was named the 2019 Kentucky Elementary Teacher of the Year and was offered an opportunity to take a semester-long sabbatical working with the Kentucky Department of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Today, many entrepreneurs are swinging for the metaphorical fences, applying innovation practices and market-based approaches to critical social issues — often at the intersection of the private, public and social…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “Despite the global dimension of climate change, we found local social norms effective in battling it, much like they promote specific behaviors among those ‘keeping up with the Joneses’—or now,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Degan Ali is the director of Nairobi-based Adeso, an organization that’s trying to change the way people think about and deliver humanitarian aid. Adeso envisions an Africa not dependent on aid,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Here is a list of toolkits that help organizations address three critical issues: workplace inclusion, organizational capacity, and digital security. • Why are these three issues…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • There are numerous benefits to carefully planned outdoor education trips for students when educators focus on outdoor safety for children. • How can access to outdoor…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Lauren Fagella shares three ways that mentorships benefit students in school and have long-term positive impacts on student growth. • How can funders support mentorship programs? How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This fall in the Elmbrook School District outside Milwaukee, elementary school classrooms come in two flavors: mask-required and mask-recommended. Students in each group, chosen by their parents, rarely interact with one another, except…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. During GreenBiz’s VERGE 21 conference last week, conversations surrounding the food sector and its goal for reducing carbon emissions kept intersecting at one key point — the supply chain. “All…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Employers with more than 100 employees will need to implement a COVID-19 vaccination requirement for their employees — and offer a weekly testing alternative to those who refuse or are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nearly 1/3 of college students have missed at least one meal a week during the pandemic and more than 1/3 know someone who has dropped out of college due to…
In this week’s episode of Giving Done Right, CEP’s Phil and Grace talk with Liesel Pritzker Simmons, major donor and co-founder of impact investing firm Blue Haven Initiative. Liesel zeroes in on impact investing — what it…