This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Social impact bonds and impact bonds are becoming a viable option for investing in early childhood development interventions by providing flexible funding for implementation. • What…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Getting Smart features teacher Kyle Wagner as he unpacks 5 ways to successfully introduce STEM into your schools. According to him, STEM should be fun, short,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Philanthropy is at a crossroads, looking inward and re-examining its role in fostering uneven power dynamics and perpetuating inequity. In an effort to level the playing field and give communities…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation shares findings from the report: From a Nation at Risk to a Nation at Hope: Recommendations from the National Commission…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Graham Vyse explains how different legislators are responding to teachers’ strikes in wildly different ways. • How can funders best support teachers to improve outcomes for students? …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Hailly Korman and Kelly Robson explain how the extensive support system for students experiencing significant life circumstances like homelessness, foster care, or incarceration often fails them. • How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Lauren Barack shares that educators are looking for and using creative ways to make STEM education assessable and fun. • How can funders work to connect STEM…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Sesame Street has expanded upon its cast by adding Julia, the first muppet with autism spectrum disorder. According to Global Citizen, viewers get to meet her family…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Global Citizen discusses Lego’s initiative to help children with low vision or blindness master reading by providing them with braille blocks of the entire alphabet. · How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for Global Citizen, Lindsay Powers reports that California has approved controversial changes to standardized sexual education to include LGBTQ issues. · Why is it important for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · A recent school-university partnership has created a new legal clinic in LA’s Koreatown and Pico-Union to help the immigrant-dense communities. According to Education Dive, the legal clinic provides services…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Contrary to common misconception, personalized learning was not created by Silicon Valley to eliminate a need for teachers or replace them with technology. Phyllis Lockett at The Hechinger…