This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Rebecca Klein reports that advocacy groups have sued the Department of Education for failing to disclose records related to their decision to use federal funds to arm…
Giving Compass’ Take: · Thomas Lindsay, Ph.D. gives a 2019-20 legislative update debunking higher education myths using research to shed light on the realities that exist at universities. · Is free speech protected on college…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Two studies demonstrate positive results for achievement gaps within economically integrated pre-k classrooms. • Will more pre-k classes incorporate socioeconomic diversity? What are some challenges in making this…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Education reformers use to taut D.C. schools’ decrease in suspensions and increase in graduation rates, but Lindsey Burke and Max Eden report on the fraud and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A new school’s superintendent in Janesville, Wisconsin is trying to design a high school curriculum that is career-focused on blue-collar jobs. • How sustainable is this approach? How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A report from the Global Family Research Project discusses five ways that parent engagement in children’s education can have positive effects on student academic achievement and performance. • In…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A new report from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine highlights how academia has failed to address sexual harassment, hurting women and the fields they…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Eillie Anzilotti reports that research reveals that students are experiencing the opportunity myth: receiving good grades that do not accurately reflect their academic ability, giving them false hope.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The onset of education technology in the classroom helps teachers differentiate student learning in order to have more effective class instruction tailored to students’ needs. • How does…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In an effort to address sanitation challenges, the city of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania is beginning to draw on the skills of women in engineering, overcoming…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Stanford historian Londa Schiebinger discusses how more gender diversity in STEM will produce better results in STEM research. • How can philanthropists fund diversity initiatives for research institutes?…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2018, the national venture philanthropy organization New Profit brought together pairs of donors and social entrepreneurs from their community for candid conversations on the future of social problem-solving. These…