This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Dallas Independent School District ACE program is an initiative that strategically selects educators and principals to improve school district growth. • How can we better…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jonathan Haber at EdSurge discusses teacher productivity and how attempts to make teachers more effective can backfire. • How can teachers help one another for improvement and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Ross Wiener explains how research has shown that students need a safe school climate in order to learn. • How can philanthropy support schools looking to improve…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Louis Freedberg explains that research has revealed that poverty levels in schools were more strongly linked to achievement gaps than racial composition. • How can funders work to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The WeatherBlur project is an online learning community that helps students engage in citizen science, leveraging technology to advance place-based learning. • How can educators have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Hechinger Report writes on Mississippi’s first rural charter school and the challenges that it faces because of history in the Deep South, as well as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Wayne D’Orio explains that colleges’ efforts to improve the teacher pipeline to address the teacher shortage have fallen short in part because of low pay. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Amanda Ripley examines data from the 2018 Education at a Glance report and finds that the price of a college degree in the U.S. is so high,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • RAND researchers, in collaboration with Los Angeles Unified School District and UCLA, developed the Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS), which helps mental health professionals…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • At a convening called Rethink ED, innovators in education discussed three hallmarks in learning: Equity, student-centered learning, and real-world learning. • What are education leaders doing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · New research from the Southern Regional Education Board shows an 11% decline in community college enrollment between 2012 and 2017, raising concerns about lower-skilled workers and workforce preparedness.…
Giving Compass’ Take: · In this Getting Smart podcast, Tom Vander Ark talks with Pam Cantor, a leading expert on childhood development, about the effects of stress on youth development…