This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Pacific Standard reports that legislators in Oregon and California have introduced bills this month to lower the voting age to 16. • Many young people today seem…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Zein Basravi reports that restrictive laws enacted after the 1979 revolution make it difficult for Iran’s youth to raise their voices and find their way. • How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for Getting Smart, David Ross explains the importance of SEL competencies and provides readers with a map of how these competencies relate to 21st-century skills. · SEL is gaining…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Dr. Jessica Calarco shares how she created a podcast to teach an Introduction to Sociology course at Indiana University Bloomington. • What are some of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • AVID, which stands for Advancement Via Individual Determination, is a nonprofit helping more than 6,400 schools by training teachers to lead a class in organizational skills…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Public school districts in Massachusetts are starting a series of slam poetry events that help raise student confidence and enhance their writing ability. • How do…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Tom Vander Ark at Getting Smart collected a list of nine recently published resources books on artificial intelligence that are accessible for adults, professors, and high school students. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this story from The Hechinger Report, author Tara Garcia Mathewson looks into a new software being used to identify and keep track of at-risk students…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Michelle Berkeley unpacks Next Generation Science Standards and what they mean for students and the future of education. • Do STEM programs you support reflect the ideals laid…
Giving Compass’ Take: • New York City’s School Diversity Advisory Group provides specific recommendations for school districts in the city to achieve real integration. • Do these recommendations for integration hold outside…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation shares how their initial strategy to increase educational attainment in Arkansas failed, and how they learned and grew from that failure. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Limay Ho, writing for National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, describes the importance of prioritizing funding and philanthropy for the South. • Why are long-term investments in the…