This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Novak Djokovic, tennis superstar, is also a funder for early childhood development research at Harvard University where scientists are studying ways to improve children’s lives. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • New Orleans school system made incremental changes, giving more schools flexibility on teacher recruitment and curriculum guidance, leading to higher graduation rates and academic achievement. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Aspen Institute’s National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development released its report finding that social-emotional learning can help increase school safety. However, after reviewing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Sean Arnold, writing for EdSurge, discusses how utilizing the computer game Minecraft is a successful way for his students with autism to engage with design thinking principles. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for InsideSources, Ashley MacLeay shares her opinion that every family deserves the right to choose where their child will go to school because education is not “one…
Giving Compass’ Take: • In this video from The 74, Beth Hawkins explains how San Antonio ISD Superintendent Pedro Martinez collaborated with neighboring charter schools, despite the fact that they…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this story, author Rajesh Mirchandani reports on four requests young leaders had at the 2019 World Economic Forum in Davos. • According to the World…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this story from Getting Smart, author Tom Vander Ark discusses how changes in the economy make it necessary for the education system to evolve. In…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Yana Kunichoff shares insights from Maurice Swinney’s efforts to turn around Chicago’s public high schools. • What can other districts learn from Chicago? How can funder support reform…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Tara García Mathewson reports that Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, a dual enrollment high school, is connecting students to college. • How can funders help to build…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Lisa Cox reports that in a factory in Liberia, a primarily female workforce creates clothing to sell and school uniforms to donate. The company is turning…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Meredith Blair Pearlman explains how The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is working to improve its monitoring, evaluation, and learning practices. • Is your foundation ready to…