This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Voices of Youth Count is an organization that seeks to highlight young homeless individuals’ stories so that others can understand the experiences and so data can hopefully…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · According to Jessica Campisi at Education Dive, a group of students from a New York City high school is writing a letter to Mark Zuckerberg in protest…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Tara García Mathewson discusses the need for change in higher education and how to make it more relevant and worthwhile. · How can colleges and universities…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jude Schwalbach argues that micro-schooling uses forward-thinking, innovative methods to feed children’s voracious appetite for new experiences and ideas. • How can donors help fund micro-schools?…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Students can become better digital citizens by doing three things: improving social media etiquette, utilizing crowdsourcing, and understanding more about accessibility and the internet. • As more tech…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Hechinger Report explains how schools in some districts use teacher-leaders — educators who not only lead classrooms, but who also coach colleagues — to improve…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Jan Sikorsky at EdSurge discusses the benefits and potential of virtual reality to provide students with an interactive learning experience and explains how schools can effectively integrate it…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for OZY News, Christine Stoddard explains that Generation Z has been dubbed ‘philanthroteens’ due to their high levels of activism. Stoddard shares a few ways Gen Z…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Edsurge interviews Pam Moran and Ira Socol, authors of Timeless Learning: How Imagination, Observation, and Zero-Based Thinking Change Schools, over their thoughts about how to redesign schools based on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has pledged $1 million to train teachers about neuroscience through the expansion of Neuroteach Global, a professional development program for educators. · How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSOs) have been around for decades but are changing now to incorporate both technology and communication skills to respond to the emerging…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A new report’s findings caution schools against enrolling students in credit recovery programs that are not accountable for producing academic achievement. • Experts and researchers not only suggest policy changes…