This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · After a long debate, Education Dive reports on a research review from the National Bureau of Economic Research showing the link between increased education spending and student success. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In honor of Women’s Month in South Africa, Global Citizen is highlighting the work of Senamile Masango, a South African nuclear physicist and an esteemed researcher…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A recently published report surveying Louisiana educators reveals that a substantial amount had relevant signs of depression before re-opening schools. • The author points out that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Natasha Pinon, writing for Mashable, profiles the activists working hard to push anti-racism curricula at Xavier College Preparatory in Phoenix, AR. • Is anti-racism curriculum a priority…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • School administrators need to decide how to provide SEL support for students returning to school as they prepare for re-openings amid the pandemic. • Some experts…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Victoria Lee and Kristin Blagg explains that equal, across the board cuts in school funding from states would disproportionately impact vulnerable populations. • What role can funders…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Despite the trends of the future workforce pointing toward more technology, employers are also looking for applicants with effective soft skills. Liberal arts colleges may have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jaymes Pyne explains why girls’ higher engagement in school doesn’t exactly balance the scales for gender equity in education. • How do stereotypes and bias contribute…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • At Getting Smart, Tom Vander Ark and Devin Vodicka ponder the benefits of COVID microgrants, small funds that could offer families more choice in their children’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Amelia Harper explains how an after-school program in North Carolina is helping students build problem-solving and soft skills by pairing them to work with local businesses to solve real-world…
Giving Compass’ Take: • At SVCF, experts discuss how COVID-19 has exacerbated existing inequities for Black children in education, who have faced systemic roadblocks to success for centuries. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Mark Keierleber explores the progress and drawbacks of a Minneapolis school district’s move to police-free schools in 2017. • How might implicit discrimination and systemic racism…