This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • As COVID-19 disrupts college students’ plans of internships and jobs in the summer, many are taking on virtual mentoring opportunities to stay employed. • There are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • School districts are shifting their chronic absenteeism strategies to respond to the current global pandemic and its subsequent effects on academics. • How will school districts…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jeff Greenstein suggests that it is time for an intervention in the education sector utilizing three different methods: social entrepreneurship, for-profit entrepreneurship, and charity. • Is there room…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Brandy Jones and Janelle Williams, at The Hechinger Report, call for accountability in US higher education, which has been institutionally alienating and neglecting Black women for generations.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • School administrators are offering advice on how to address learning loss due to school closures because of the pandemic, deemed the ‘COVID slide.’ • According to administrators,…
Giving Compass’ Take: • CCRC and MDRC share how three schools are using technology to improve their advising process, highlight essential components and challenges of reform. • How can philanthropy help…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The authors examine the effectiveness of student loan forgiveness programs as an adequate and cost-effective form of stimulus for the economy during the pandemic. • What…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Intergenerational programs can help address the COVID deficit for younger students and engage older adults to leverage their skills and talents to help students learn. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Schools such as MetWest in Oakland, CA, have been offering internships for high school students to gain workplace experience, but now have to navigate experiential learning…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Future Chiefs program prepares promising education leaders — mostly people of color and women — to lead state and large-district schools and to improve education systems. • What role…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • RAND piloted eRevise in 32 classrooms to gain educator perspectives on what they want from their automated writing evaluation systems. • How can funding online education…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Here are some thoughts and questions to reflect on when having sensitive conversations and helpful tips on gaining a deeper understanding by hearing others’ perspectives. •…