This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Richard Whitmire argues that elite colleges should admit more first-generation students, who will benefit the most from the experience. • How can funders help first-generation students make…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kristen Harper and Deborah Temkin break down the president’s education budget proposal for 2020, highlighting the disparities between what advocates asked for and the proposal. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • At an all-girls school serving students in grades 5-12 in Washington, teachers are focusing on utilizing an open resubmit policy to concentrate on measuring learning growth instead…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Edtech is useful for classrooms, but there are some things that teachers are capable of doing, that technology can not provide for students. •What does the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Josh Wyner, writing for The Aspen Institute, discusses how the best community colleges can enact reforms effectively to help foster social mobility and develop talent. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Edgar Villanueva says the philanthropy sector mirrors the college cheating scandal: Funders often fail to see how their own personal behavior contributes to injustice and instead…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • David Ross at Getting Smart writes about the importance of movement and dance as an integral tool in the development of creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, and communication…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Medium interviews Clive Thompson, author of the great new book ‘Coders’, on how coding is shaping our world and lives, women coders, exposure to it in schools and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Mike Gonzalez, writing for The Heritage Foundation, explains that New York politicians on the left want to address economic inequality and its racial component in schools, but…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Sandy Baum argues that incremental reform is insufficient for the Federal Work-Study Program, which supplies funding for students to be paid to work while they are in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Richard Whitmire explains that some charter school networks are producing higher college graduation rates for low-income students than the national average. • How can funders work to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Sarah Carr reviews Walter C. Stern’s Race & Education in New Orleans, which explores how New Orleans leaders built a segregated city and what it means for…