This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Girl Scout leaders. A high school drama teacher. A college professor and civil rights leader. These were my early mentors. As I reflect on Women’s History Month, I’m reminded of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Austin Achieve Public School has adopted a restorative justice program that supports students’ emotional development and uses mindfulness sessions to reduce suspension rates. • Restorative justice is about…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Downtown School in Seattle uses an experiential education approach, in which many of the classroom lessons are outside of the physical school building, and instead…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Omidyar Network recently released a report on the ways other countries are scaling education technology worldwide. • What are the biggest obstacles facing those in the U.S.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • To have a culturally inclusive curriculum for students of color, we need to include Native American students, writes Shawnta Barnes at The 74. • Barnes suggests we…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Professional development may soon be in the hands of teachers after the Department of Education proposed funding teacher-driven programs. District leaders say some standards should still…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In an effort to address concerns about losing preschoolers and staff to public schools, Chicago will steer an additional $50 million toward community-based programs to help babies,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Stanford Social Innovation Review shares that the current approach to community revitalization has helped arrest and even reverse the degradation of American neighborhoods, but it cannot solve…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Ivy Brashear explains how supplementary classes can fill in the gaps in medically accurate sexual education in states where it is not legally required. • What does sex…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Researchers from the National Center for the Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research have found that novice teachers are more likely to have difficult workloads than…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Andrew Johnson and Ryan Kinney explain how qualified high schoolers are prevented from attending college by cost or are saddled with debt when they graduate or drop out. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jabez LeBret explains how home visits would have made a difference for him as a child and why he is working to provide that support for students. …