This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Georgetown University’s Achieve Chat service helps connect first-year, first-generation college students with seniors to help answer any lingering questions about the college process that they might have. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Aashna Ray’s choir song production is a perfect example of the successful marriage between project-based learning and the performing arts. • How can educators expand PBL to be…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • EdSurge reports on East Carolina University using an AI platform to increase graduation rates by not just analyzing grades, but also “language-based data,” which could include…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Amanda Abrams argues that schools should embrace self-directed education to help students find their own way and avoid the trap of standardized tests. • How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Research shows that retaking the SAT is beneficial for college entrance, but low-income students are less likely to take the test more than once. • Should…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Cory Doctorow explains why schools need to step away from surveillance and censorship in order to accomplish their goals of producing well-rounded citizens. • How can funders…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Chalkbeat sat down with three of the 17 new principals in Chicago public schools to discuss their goals for their respective school districts and all agreed that a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • “Nudge theory” speculates that small, incremental choices can help achieve more substantial social benefits, and educators are utilizing this behavioral theory to increase enrollment at schools. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In order to provide more hands-on learning opportunities and proper makerspace for innovation, Singapore Management University (SMU) is constructing a new net-zero energy building that will provide these opportunities. • Are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Journalist Soledad O’ Brien implores companies to start diversifying their workforce by connecting graduating students to the right opportunities, especially students of color. • How can companies…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A project-based learning curriculum in Waterford, Michigan was successful in showing that PBL curriculum helps advance students academically. • What are the other known benefits of project-based learning? • Read…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Four studies recently came up with the same correlations in which students are that are suspended do not perform as well as their peers and that suspensions are…