This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Nigeria and the United States are both trying to elevate school safety as Nigeria deals with kidnappings and the U.S. navigates gun violence in schools. • What can these…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Robin Lake reports on the methods employed at NYC Autism Charter School to help autistic students come into their own. • How can public schools deploy these techniques to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jean Dimeo shares four strategies for helping adult students graduate from college. • How can these approaches work together to make a greater impact? How can schools…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jordan Weissmann discusses LeBron’s unusual choice to fund a public school and the consequences of this decision. • Should funders be involved in public education? Can this…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jessica Charles discusses the danger of training teachers to view the world as threatening, which would hurt students – particularly students of color. • How can student…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Amelia Harper reports on the ongoing debate about the value of AP courses in high school. • Are there better ways to measure student learning? How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The author points out the advantages of the LeBron James school running as a district school, but with private funding. He points out that people praise James…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Sarah Shapiro, writing for The 74, reports on the implications for low-income students if high schools start to eliminate AP courses from their curriculum. • The author argues…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The National Indian Education Association released it’s first Native Community Schools handbook that will help charter schools understand how to relate to the cultural needs of Native…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Education Dive reports that one in ten immigrant children in U.S. schools arrive with interruptions in their learning and are approximately two grade levels below their peers. • The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Driven by gender discrimination, India ranks low in female literacy rates among developing countries with three million eligible girls out of school 1. The state of Rajasthan has particularly poor…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kate Roff reports that new research shows that increasing access to high school decreased support for armed groups in Somalia. • How can philanthropists help increase…