This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Effective educators have long known that one-size-fits all approaches to teaching and learning are insufficient. Through extraordinary effort, they have figured out ways to differentiate and personalize learning for their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As schools approach the one-year anniversary of the coronavirus pandemic, educators, parents and policymakers in Philadelphia are increasingly concerned about how the youngest students are learning to read. The shift…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Gibrielys Delgado was overwhelmed and needed help. The sophomore at Cleveland’s Max Hayes High School grew up in Puerto Rico in a Spanish-speaking family and moved to Cleveland only a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since the onset of the pandemic nearly a year ago, educators have been tasked with addressing new, multi-layered challenges due to the primary and secondary trauma associated with COVID-19. Evidence suggests those…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Growing up in a crowded home can have negative consequences on a child’s well-being. Crowded housing conditions can put stress on relationships between residents, and children may be particularly vulnerable…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When the US education system was created more than 150 years ago, fewer career paths required college degrees, the student population was far less diverse, and antiquated and destructive ideas…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Coronavirus cases are trending downward across the U.S., but the emergence of several concerning variant strains has dampened some of the optimism about where the pandemic is heading. Public health…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As a Black man, more generally, I have lived among the fallout of structural racism and institutionalized injustice in my own life. As a Black educator, I have seen its…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since the Nellie Mae Education Foundation began our journey through an equity assessment process over a year ago, we’ve been taking a hard look in the mirror to examine the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. COVID-19 has laid bare a long-standing challenge to America’s economic landscape: an underpaid, underappreciated, and underprepared workforce that has recently faced the harshest of economic blows. Part of the solution…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Twenty percent fewer kindergartners on track to learn how to read than their peers were at this time last year, and most haven’t made much progress since the fall, according…
Giving Compass’ Take: • In this report, four organizations engaged in Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Generation Work initiative describe work-based learning opportunities for young adults of color. • How can…