This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • At Education Dive, Linda Jacobson summarizes recent, state-wide emergency education relief funds and the debate over how and where they should be spent. • Why is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • EdSurge’s Jeffrey R. Young discusses the compounding difficulties of police brutality, protest, and pandemic during many college students’ finals week. • How might these added stressors…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Akindare Okunola describes the recent online protests in Nigeria against sexual violence and police brutality in the wake of three disturbing, gender-based acts of violence. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Researchers from the Center on Reinventing Public Education at the University of Washington found that many school districts aren’t offering summer classes. • Some school districts…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Andrew Miller, writing for Getting Smart, outlines the principles of place-based learning that ultimately support student advancement. • How can place-based learning enhance student engagement? What are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Tom Vander Ark explains that place-based education is a personalized learning style that puts emphasis on experiencing the community, culture, and place in order to develop student…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Richard Whitmire argues that the gender gap in education – particularly early literacy – persists because of a lack of motivation to make changes to a system…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · According to Education Dive, Fuller Elementary in Chicago has seen improvements in African-American students’ test scores after implementing new grading systems, revising homework policies, and allow retakes…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Education technology is not necessarily helping to sustain global education systems during COVID-19. • There is a call to funders to think about long-term solutions and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Transcripts can reveal a lot about schools’ schedules, structures, and use of time. The pandemic brings challenges and opportunities for schools to creatively empower students and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In 2017, the Glasgow Caledonian University decided to center the Sustainable Development Goals to guide university planning, creating a civic university focusing on achieving social change outcomes. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Roger Riddell, writing for Education Dive, discusses how school districts are addressing needs such as homework gaps, digital divides, and access to school meals during coronavirus. •…