This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Schools are meant to prepare kids for their future, but many graduating students lack the skills they need to be successful. Getting Smart provides four ways…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Summers can be hard for children who rely on school for free or reduced-price meals. Governing Magazine explains how Minneapolis fights concerns of child hunger in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Katie Dallas at Global Citizen reports that the United Kingdom is now the 74th signatory of the Safe Schools Declaration. The Declaration is made with an…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Getting Smart reports on the opinions of Ryan Craig and his book, “A New U,” explaining that colleges provide little value for their high expenses. Craig suggests students…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has put a halt on Obama’s special education rule, reports Chalkbeat. The rule, previously issued in 2016, was designed to stop the over-identification…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Education Dive talks with six different leaders in the higher education industry about diversity, inclusion and civility on college campuses and the challenges they face when…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Kay Coles James discusses former President Obama’s school discipline policy and explains the negative effects it has had on school safety and violence. According to James, students…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · EdSource discusses the Every Student Succeeds Act and California’s revised education plan that will tackle the lowest-performing 5 percent of their low-income schools. After being required to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Chalkbeat interviews Assistant Principal Bill Hesford about his approach to school discipline and why he chooses to investigate each incident rather than assigning strict punishments immediately after…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · BBC News discusses a report by Professor Sally Holland regarding the experiences of children with learning disabilities and concludes that these children have been isolated, marginalised and hidden…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Competency-based education supports a learning-based education system rather than one solely reliant on time spent in school. Chip Linehan, founder of Building 21, explains how his…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · The oversaturated market of education technology is beginning to hurt teachers and students. Here, Keith Westman explains how technology is given to teachers without proper instruction and…