This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In order to address the high statistics of bullying in schools, there are tactics teachers can use to introduce empathy into classrooms. • How does social-emotional learning and project-based…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A citywide education commission will potentially assign A-F grades to schools in Detroit but the system would rely heavily on measuring school improvement. • What are the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Shared Value Initiative explores the ways in which women are shaping and changing the education sector in low-income countries. • How can funders take advantage of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Global Citizen profiles a 62-year-old South African musician named Kolwane Mantu, who has applied his skills to help children in his community express their creativity and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this first-person essay for The 74, a student from Newark’s KIPP charter school network discusses the difficulties of matching up low-income students with colleges that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Below are remarks given recently by Aspen Institute President and CEO Dan Porterfield at the organization’s International Partners Dinner, focused on the importance of engaging young…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Lauren Barack explains how appreciating students’ differences in learning with a UDL framework boosts classroom success and encourages the development of confidence. · How can teachers…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for The Heritage Foundation, Jonathan Butcher discusses students’ right to free speech and expression and how that is being challenged on college campuses around the country. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass Take: · Kevin Mahnken discusses academic ‘redshirting” and how that extra year of development equates to better test scores and higher achievements. The study by Duke professor Phillip…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • According to The Hechinger Report, teachers are often the “first responders” for students who are affected by the current opioid crisis in America, which is a large…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Reporting for MarketWatch, Jillian Berman explains that Xavier Becerra, attorney general of California, is leading a team of eight states in support of student borrowers in a recent college…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Fortune magazine explores how philanthropy to U.S. colleges and universities is growing, while financing from other sources (such as the federal and state governments) is drying…