This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The fall of Afghanistan was on the minds of those who joined our Innovations in International Philanthropy Symposium session on women and girls. Our conversation was a primer in effective networking strategies…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the past school year, the Center on Reinventing Public Education has tracked how pandemic learning pods evolved from emergency responses to, in some cases, small, innovative, and personalized learning communities. This summer,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As students across the country wrestled with pandemic stress last winter, sophomore Nathaniel Martinez logged on to a virtual retreat. Forty mostly Black and Latino teens in Chicago were getting…
I tend to think of climate change as fundamentally being an issue of equity, and there’s two big arenas where I think climate change and equity really intersect. So the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Many boards spend considerable time defining the board’s role in securing adequate resources for the organization. Personal contribution is an essential part of that discussion. Each board should determine its…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Extremely hot years will wipe out hundreds of thousands of tonnes of fish available for catch in a country’s waters in this century, on top of projected decreases to fish…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For many young people, going back to school has not been easy — and it is happening at a time when rates of depression, anxiety and substance abuse have risen…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This month, the team here at the Johnson Center began work on our annual 11 Trends in Philanthropy report; we’re gearing up to publish the 2022 report in January. We’ve been looking…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In his autobiography, Miles Davis complained that classical musicians were like robots. He spoke from experience – he’d studied classical music at Juilliard and recorded with classical musicians even after…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While 78% of teachers feel that it is part of their job to “help students develop strong social and emotional skills” and nearly 92% feel that the teaching of social-emotional…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Though menstruation is a natural part of life for more than half the world’s population, half a billion girls and women still lack the support they need to manage their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Executive Director of Grantmakers for Girls of Color (G4GC), Monique W. Morris, discusses the impact of COVID-19 on the Black community amid calls for racial justice. • How…