This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jess Clark at The Hechinger Report writes on McDonogh 35, the first black high school in New Orleans, that after Hurrican Katrina and the chartering of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this piece from Cato Institute, Neal McCluskey discusses 5 problems he believes there are with Senator Elizabeth Warren’s higher education proposal. • What is the role…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Talia Milgrom-Elcott, writing for The 74, explains how principals can help teachers develop a strategic, personalized plan to gain necessary skills to be capable educators. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Union officials are pushing back against Mayor Bill de Blasio’s proposal to cancel funding for longer school days, saying that budget cuts should not interfere with…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Amid a politicized debate about the impact of charter schools, two charter networks received large federal grants from the government to fund their expansion plans. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Heather E. McGowan, writing for Getting Smart, explains that since the future of work will revolve around technological advancements, the education system must calibrate to prepare…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Shawna De La Rosa, writing for Education Dive, explores why early intervention tactics can help students stay on track to graduate and lead to higher college enrollment…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • This story at The Hechinger Report shines a light on data regarding teacher pensions and examines the hidden financial pressures challenging American schools because when states…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Amy Anderson and Julia Freeland Fisher argue that poor and minority students are disadvantaged by the lack of extracurricular activities that are the first to go when budgets get cut. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Michelle Berkeley shares six learnings about building impactful data culture from Sarasota County Schools. • How can funders work to support schools that want to use data more…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Positive Pathways: A Landscape Analysis of Programs Serving Native American Boys and Young Men highlights the need for greater support from philanthropy. • How can funders work…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Education is the second-most popular area of giving for individual donors, but it also can be a daunting one. Understanding the landscape of the US education system, what the challenges…