This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Adam Harris explains that schools are taking advantage of the ‘school choice’ model by making themselves more easily available to desirable students. • How can school choice advocates…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Aurora Hills Middle School partnered with School By Design to modify schedules/policies to meet educator needs. The key to its success: including teachers in the redesign process. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Arne Duncan shares lessons he learned from his time in education that range from the importance of early childhood education to why educators must be collaborative. • One…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Natalie Schwartz, writing for Education Dive, compiled a list of education stories from 2018 that humanize some of the broader policy decisions last year. • How can philanthropy…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Tom Vander Ark, writing for Getting Smart, discusses why flexible learning spaces are the top education trend of 2018, and how competency frameworks will become the trend for 2019. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Teachers can utilize frameworks that explain the differences between global competence and cultural competence to help students understand the nuances. • Global competence focuses on looking outward to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • This Getting Smart post explores ways to make data a central part of every process at every level among school districts. • How will this help build…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • This MDRC study uses a student-level random assignment design to assess the effects of a “growth mindset” intervention on the academic performances of ninth-graders. • Implementing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Getting Smart lists some lessons learned from 2018 when the staff visited 100 schools across the US and internationally. • From fostering an inclusive, vibrant culture…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Deborah Loewenberg Ball maps out the quick, frequent choices that teachers make in their classroom and how they impact student development and learning through the lens of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Lauren Smiley explains that women make up an unknown, but undoubtedly small, percentage of AI creators leading to biased programs that increase gender gaps. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Sarah Shapiro reports that states handle sex education in a variety of ways. While some states offer comprehensive, evidence-based lessons, other states don’t require medically accurate information…