This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jill Barshay discusses the failure of the Texas 10% policy to increase diversity at flagship universities and the barriers to entry for underrepresented groups. • Barshay points…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Authors Jonathan Butcher and Jude Schwalbach advocate for charter schools and voucher programs to give Puerto Rican children a brighter future. • How can the example of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Andre Perry discusses cases in which student voices were rejected or ignored by adult superiors. Perry argues that this is not the message supposed role models and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Joel Rose and Daniel Weisberg explain that both lack of access to grade-level math materials and exclusive focus on grade-level math materials cause kids to fall behind…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Experiencing homelessness is not always a direct cause of a student’s absenteeism. Nonetheless, housing instability does contribute to a student’s inability to attend class regularly. Among the reasons why students…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Twenty-one years ago, Angela Jerabek nearly quit her job as a ninth-grade counselor at St. Louis Park High School in suburban Minneapolis. She felt discouraged over the high number of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Despite the most recent California ban on willful defiance suspensions, school discipline advocates say that more needs to be done to ensure equitable school reform. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • NewSchools Venture Fund released a new report titled, Talented, Passionate, and Underrepresented: Investing in Latino Edupreneurs, that analyzes opportunities for Latino education entrepreneurs. • The key findings from the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Joe Pinsker at The Atlantic interviews anthropologist professor Caitlin Zaloom about what the system of paying for college is doing to families, as well as what might make higher…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How do you define philanthropy? For me, philanthropy is about connections and awareness. One reason to be philanthropic is to help build awareness of causes and issues that people need…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Funders for LGBTQ Issues and Schott Foundation created an infographic of the findings that show the challenges for LGBTQ students and how philanthropy can improve LGBTQ education issues. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Career services are starting to change as new models emerge that bridge the gap for students and young professionals to provide access to specific careers. •…