This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Rachel Simon-Kumar explores New Zealand’s recent multiculturalism initiatives and how its history of discrimination should be addressed. • How do we identify historical biases and support multiculturalism in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kate Yoder explains that Dudley Edmondson is working to increase representation in nature photography, where he felt unwelcome as a black man. • How can funders help to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Linda Jacobson reports that only a portion of students in school are regularly given grade-appropriate assignments to complete. That number is even smaller for low-income students,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Neal McCluskey at Education Next argues that in order to make progress with school choice in America, we have to take a look into the history of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Schools need to address the challenge of bias in artificial intelligence as more education technology appears in the classroom. • The author recommends that diversifying the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Chantal Forster and Satonya Fair discuss how the lack of diversity, equity, and inclusion training for operations staff can negatively impact a foundation. • How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jack Brook explores the North Carolina Supreme Court hearings concerning racial biases, raising concerns of systematic bias. • How can racial bias be addressed in the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Xavier de Souza Briggs shares five key lessons from the Ford Foundation’s work on the racial wealth gap. • How can funders apply these lessons to economic…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How do you define philanthropy? For me, philanthropy is about connections and awareness. One reason to be philanthropic is to help build awareness of causes and issues that people need…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Hechinger Report writes on Mississippi’s first rural charter school and the challenges that it faces because of history in the Deep South, as well as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Darren Byler explains how China uses smartphones and the internet to track, censor, and punish the Uighurs, a Muslim minority ethnic group. • How can funders work…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, calls for philanthropists to encourage nuance and compromise – rather than extreme responses – to tackle extreme challenges. • How…