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. 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. 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…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Imagine that you are going on a journey. You’re headed somewhere you have visited a few times before, but your memory is fuzzy on the exact directions to take—so you…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • There are challenges to implementing an approach that focuses on a culture of improvement which encourages educators to start with questions rather than solutions. • This…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Five students leveraged their knowledge, skills, and unique perspectives to help global leaders realize how storytelling can advance the Sustainable Development Goals. • How can donors…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This summer we brought three youth services organizations serving the Los Angeles community—A Place Called Home, Da Vinci RISE High School and Fulfillment Fund—and special guest, Steve Ballmer, co-founder of Ballmer Group Philanthropy and former…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. President Joe Biden has called for an all-of-government response to climate change that looks for solutions and opportunities in every sector of the U.S. economy. That includes agriculture, which emits…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • An online curriculum that teaches students and educators how to become “fluent” in AI will be beneficial as artificial intelligence starts to permeate schools and the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As colleges around the country resumed in-person learning in the fall of 2021, many educators expected students to return to campus after taking a pandemic gap year. But a funny…