This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Hechinger Report raises concerns about the nearly one million low-income students around the country who are eligible for financial aid but don’t receive it because…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Invest in Kids Act allows donors in Illinois to fund private school scholarships in return for tax credits. Massive demand for the scholarships is driving advocacy…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • For-profit college conversions to nonprofit entities faced heavy criticism from opponents at a hearing of a U.S. Department of Education advisory council, although advocates assert that these schools…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg will be teaming up to help provide new teaching methods for children who have trouble learning.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kevin Mahnken reviews Russ Whitehurst’s assessment of the state of American education segregation since the Brown v. Board Verdict. • How can philanthropy help desegregate schools? How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Ofsted has admitted that some schools previously ranked outstanding may not still hold that ranking after they were exempt from regular school inspections years ago. BBC…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Education Forward DC is an organization that sponsors school development and is part of the NewSchools Venture Fund that Maura Marino designed. The idea behind Education Foward…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • More and more business owners are promoting social good initiatives and implementing better recruiting practices in order to drive employment and focus on equity within the company…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Citizens of the World Charter School network in Los Angeles cracked the code for figuring out how to diversify their schools by design and know how…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Carnegie Corporation of New York, Ford Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Rockefeller, Hewlett, Mellon, and Kresge Foundation all forged a partnership for Higher Education in Africa. The MacArthur…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • On average, only 26 percent of all university students typically volunteer. University of Maryland’s Do Good Institute ecently published a report on the gap in volunteers of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Opportunity youth are now surpassing millennials as the most desirable members of the workforce. Due to their fierce loyalty, they will stay much longer than at…