This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Youth climate activists from the Sunrise School and Fridays For Future are bringing youth-led lectures, homework, and pop quizzes to virtual classrooms. • How can donors…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Jennifer Albat and Stephanie Del Tufo discuss some of the accessibility challenges and accommodations for distance learning in colleges during coronavirus. • Setting up local wifi hotspots…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A partnership between Atlassian Foundation and Room To Read (a U.S. based nonprofit) has successfully supported a girls’ education program that has benefited more than 5,500 Cambodian girls. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Matt Barnum reports that University of North Carolina graduate students conducted a study that found a significant pay gap between male and female educators in Pennsylvania and Illinois. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Hawaii, Louisiana, Maryland, and Maine are all receiving emergency relief funds from the U.S. Department of Education to spend on either K-12 or higher education. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Robin Lake assesses the progress of school districts six weeks into distance learning, and finds that educators should employ attendance tracking strategies. • What can educators…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Founders of Ashoka U share how embedding changemaking practices into operations at higher institutions will build resiliency in leadership and prepare schools for future challenges. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Ellen Chilemba describes the work of Marjorie Brown, a Global Teacher prize finalist for her efforts to increase literacy rates in South Africa. • How do social…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More investments in early childhood development are needed. This guide provides 13 specific, tested, early childhood investment opportunities donors can pursue immediately to make positive impacts. Strengthen public systems of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Maria Carter explains the importance of the close, in-person relationships and monitoring that happens between children with chronic conditions and school nurses. • As COVID-19 forces…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Sarah Butrymowicz reports that Sweden’s voucher program, which is similar to American charter school structures, failed to produce the desired education outcomes. • How could this program,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Richard Marker explains some of the political and practical challenges that can impede effective participatory grantmaking. • How can funders overcome these barriers to effective participatory grantmaking? …