This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Karlie Kloss started Kode With Klossy to help young women develop coding skills, confidence, and much more. • How can other celebrities capitalize on their fame for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • EdSurge reports on the education reforms discussed at the New Schools Venture Fund Summit and says that the theme this year was how to bring more…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Here’s what we’re reading: Writing Raps Helps Reduce Recidivism in Youth of Color Juvenile Justice Information Exchange examines the need for reentry programs specifically designed for youth of color in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Atlantic reports on how an Ohio school approaches discipline, mainly be training teachers to be more sensitive to past trauma and to work with students…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • As competency-based education (CBE) continues to gain traction, advocates can use these methods to help spread the practice and implement it effectively. • What potential pitfalls need…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The author provides five ways that educators can utilize edtech research to make sure that it can accurately work in their classrooms and engage their students…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • John Miller, a seventh-grade history teacher, created the educational video game Minecraft with help from his students. He shares his thoughts on how video games help engage…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Meg Ormiston wrote a book series that explains detailed projects of how k-12 education works with both students and teachers in tandem with technology integrated into…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Mumford Academy High School is one of the Detroit schools that is participating in the Team Fellows Program, funded by the Detroit Children’s Fund. The program will…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Hazim Hardeman shares his story about the opportunities that were afforded to him in order to make great academic accomplishments and his eventual path to Rhodes Scholar. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A parent’s letter to her daughter’s first-grade teacher was successful in convincing the school that homework at the elementary school level is unnecessary and possibly damaging to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • New polling data shows falling support – and growing opposition – for school choice, possibly a result of the ‘Trump effect’, according to Deborah Beck. • How can…