This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • There are many misconceptions about school change management and how teachers will approach different tasks with success. The authors outline three significant misconceptions regarding school improvement methods. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Hlumelo Siphe Williams explains how Lalela was founded to serve poor children in South Africa by helping them to create and sell art of all kinds. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Research from WalletHub ranks the best and worst states to be a teacher – relying on indicators including pay and safety. • What are the implications…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A report from TNTP reveals that lowered expectations for students of color contribute to the achievement gap and create a false sense of college readiness. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Melinda Gates created a coalition of technology companies to help increase the number of women in tech. The group will develop new approaches to make computer science…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Andre Perry, education policy expert, reports on the necessity for free, high-quality after-school care that should come from the Department of Education. • There is evidence that after-school…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Education Dive discusses the need for federal funding for after-school programs and suggests using a voucher program to cover the costs in order to give working parents…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Collaboration in schools is not only an effective way to build lifelong skills, but it is also a successful way to achieve individual goals, according to The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass is teaming up with SolutionsU, a platform that connects you to stories about responses to the world’s challenges. SolutionsU is a project of the Solutions Journalism Network: a nonprofit organization…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kobe Levin reports that Michigan has asked that refugee students, who are often still learning English, be excused from testing in English. • How can schools…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Jonathan Butcher argues that increasing education funding has not consistently provided outcome improvements for Arizona students because of the inconsistencies in the use of the funding. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Philanthropists and investors are backing emotional learning programs and technology to help advance personalized learning models and tools that help cater to each student’s specific needs. • Why…