This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Caroline Bauman at Chalkbeat interviews Nafeesha Mitchell, the new leader of Teach for America-Memphis. It’s the first time in nine years that this teaching program has had…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Brandon Lewis explains how the funding gap between public schools and charter schools means the historically underserved populations they serve get less. • The author argues that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jude Schwalbach at The Heritage Foundation reports on how the Louisiana Scholarship Program has produced lower testing results than private school choice programs in other states. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this article from The Hechinger Report, a professor at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education discusses how educators and teachers can take simple methods and techniques…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Christian Boer developed a font that helps individuals with dyslexia read with less difficulty. He offers the program for free with the hope that it will expand…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Xello is an interactive tool that helps high schoolers with college and career readiness planning. Wendy McMahon at EdSurge interviewed Cody Lee, who implemented this tool…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Public Education Leadership Project at Harvard University is a joint initiative of the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Harvard Business School that helps improve…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Earl Martin Phalen, writing for The 74, discusses how school reforms need to go further to change the education system. Some charter school networks have been…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • As part of an ongoing project, countries share their early education systems success stories, providing lessons for the U.S. to potentially utilize in the future. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Natalie Escobar reports that the SAT will include a disadvantage score to highlight the achievements of students who overcame socioeconomic disadvantages. • Can this score adequately…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Tom Vander Ark at Getting Smart interviews Randy Fielding, who shares his ideas on the future of learning environments. • How will some of these environmental…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Getting Smart explains how three education leaders in Virginia have implemented their own contemporary progressive education model: putting a focus on crucial lifelong learning competencies with a…