This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Tackling learning loss that has resulted from the pandemic is today’s most pressing education policy concern. Critical remedies like intensive tutoring, added instructional time and early warning indicators have gotten a lot…
The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the value of caregiving work and the need for equitable and affordable access to care – for children, for elders, for those with a disability,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Better Employment and Training Strategies Taskforce (BETS) is a coalition of more than 40 leading practitioners and experts working to modernize the United States’ outdated patchwork of workforce policies.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. President Joe Biden’s American Jobs Plan calls for a major investment in EVs and electrified transit, with a focus on what a senior administration official described as “infrastructure for the future.” But the labor groups…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The United States is the only advanced economy in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development that does not guarantee any paid family and medical leave to its entire workforce.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The 2021 Data on Purpose (DoP) conference featured data scientists, researchers, policymakers, leaders of nonprofits and foundations, private industry professionals, and other experts sharing the latest research- and practice-based insights into digital…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The United States has a jobs problem. When the COVID-19 pandemic plunged the economy back into recession in early 2020, it laid bare a fragile and profoundly inequitable labor market.…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Stephen A. Wander and Christopher T. King outline what the national Unemployment Insurance could look like. • What role can you play in supporting policies that support…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This is the final post in “Complicating the Narrative on Bridging and Division,” a six-part blog series from CEP and PACE (Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement). This series seeks to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The United States is the only advanced economy in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development that does not guarantee any paid family and medical leave to its entire workforce.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Leanly staffed family foundations can punch well above their weight, working with other funders and grantees to change systems. Over the past seven years, the Thornburg Foundation has experienced this…
Even with more Americans tackling systemic racism, including the Biden administration making racial equity a priority, the homeownership gap between Black and white Americans continues to grow, widening the racial wealth gap…