This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The past five decades – spanning from the time when the Silent Generation (today, in their 70s and 80s) was entering adulthood to the adulthood of today’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Corey A. DeAngelis at Cato Institute reports on the factual evidence regarding private school choice in the wake of educators writing misleading arguments. · Why are so…
Giving Compass’ Take: • This report lays out funding sources and district spending for public elementary school districts in the 2014-2015 school year, the fiscal year 2015. • Where are the disparities…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • KC Ifeanyi reports that a school in the Bronx has partnered with Windows of Hip-Hop and Bulova to bring hip hop and arts education to students. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for Shareable, Casey O’Brien reports that San Francisco’s public libraries are embracing their role as a free public space to provide a safe environment for the youth…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for The Atlantic, Adam Harris discusses the start of the student-debt debate and how Democratic Party leaders have gone from small increases in grants to large-scale…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Atlantic reports on Smith College’s unusual commencement tradition where students play musical chairs with their diplomas. • Folkloric rituals like these throughout the college trajectory…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for Getting Smart, Adam Kulaas provides his own ideas to better the future of learning and improve education by starting with self assessment and reflection. ·…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Robert F. Smith, billionaire and philanthropist, surprised Morehouse College graduates at commencement by announcing he would pay off their student loans. • The gift is estimated…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • While many school reform advocates have pushed for testing in the past to help evaluate schools, Chalkbeat reports that many seem to have had a change…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Brookings reports that the High 5s program aimed at improving math skills in kindergarten students has proven to be an effective, but expensive, intervention. • How can…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Migration Policy Institute research reveals that effectively teaching children in superdiverse classrooms has lasting benefits for children and their communities. • How can philanthropy support the expansion of…