This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · EdSurge discusses learning management systems and the benefits they provide for educators. LMS makes professional learning a more affordable and personalized experience and allows teachers to stay…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · At Hawkins Street School in Newark, students ranging from pre-kindergarten to eighth grade share their immigration stories through a new, self-published book. Patrick Wall at Chalkbeat explains the contents…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Getting Smart discusses design-focused schools and the positive effects they have on student success and recruiting exceptional teachers. · How does design help students develop life…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Los Angeles Unified School District pledged to make sure all students graduate and are college ready by 2023 by focusing on complete improvement of lower-performing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Erik Day shares his experiences attending the Job for The Future Horizons, a conference that highlights various educational pursuits that are based around innovating how educators…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Learning Accelerator is revamping it’s company culture after strategically changing it’s leadership team. In the first of many blog series, TLA will focus on how…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • City Year Americorps members share their unique stories teaching at schools in Detroit for one year. They provide perspective as to why they will pursue teaching…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Children Nature Network interview David Conover, director of “Behold the Earth” and his approach for the film that focuses on childhood environmentalism and the intersection between…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jeffrey Young takes a deeper look into the world of MOOCs (massive open online courses) to find that colleges and universities are driving innovation in learning,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Despite attempts to innovate classrooms and promote personalized learning, The 74 reports that teachers lack support from their superiors and are often impeded by their own…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · A recent report released by the Rand Corporation shows that the costly teacher evaluation systems funded by the Gates Foundation had little, if any, effect on teacher quality…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Higher education institutions are looking to create an accountability mechanism that will realign schools’ focus toward improving student outcomes while tackling the leaky graduation pipeline. In order…