This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The 74 profiles s BASIS Independent Brooklyn, which is part of a chain of 27 public charter, private, and international schools in five states; it blends education…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass Take: • Chester E. Finn, Jr. at Education Next discusses the importance of moral and ethical education in our schools — and two approaches to go about implementing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Amelia Harper reports that New York City is expanding the free glasses program to provide free screenings and glasses for all of the city’s kindergarten and 1st-grade…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Global Citizen reports on how a high school student in the San Francisco area named Tsegenet Awoke, and the members of her Rotary Club, are helping…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jon Marcus reports the United States has not reached the graduation rate goal that President Obama set in 2009. • Are these goals realistic and desirable? How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Michael Hansen and Diana Quintero explain how boys have actually closed the gender gap in academic performance as the teacher workforce has become increasingly female. • Are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass Take: · Eran Ben-Ari, Top Hat’s Chief Product Officer, presents nine faculty trends to watch in the coming year. · Will there be more politically charged conversations in the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass Take: · L.A. teachers’ threats to strike aren’t just over dollars and cents – they are over the role of charter schools and a school reform idea known as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Wits University launched its Wits Citizenship and Community Outreach (WCCO) programme, which runs a food bank on campus so that students can don’t have to worry about their next…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Amelia Harper, writing for Education Dive, discusses the implications of sharing student data with universities in an attempt to increase enrollment. • What are the potential…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The author discusses that outside funding sources, as well as local state governments, need to play a role in helping the youngest children who are currently…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Robert Abare, writing for the Urban Institute, highlights the views of Rebecca Blank, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, on the reasons why research universities could be an…