This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Straight Talk on Evidence presents positive findings about the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP), a network of charter schools that has proved to be successful and effective…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • There are more college courses now focusing on nuanced topics such as experiential philanthropy and an initiative called The Philanthropy Lab. Both will hopefully introduce more student involvement…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Andrew Hoffman, a professor at the University of Michigan, shares his perspective on shifting the mindset how college professors teach business management and ethics. Hoffman poses the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Anaheim High School will be the first to have every inch of it’s hallways and classrooms digitally mapped and sent to first responders so they have access…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Despite the NAEP results showing little to no gains for eighth-grade students, there is one report that examined the impact of education at Democracy Prep, a public…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Robert Slavin, director of the Center for Research and Reform in Education at Johns Hopkins University, shares studies which prove that teacher assistants are just as, if not…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • At the Online Learning Consortium’s Innovate conference, staff and faculty from small liberal arts colleges expressed concerns about the ramifications of online learning for their curriculum. Some…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Due to the rapid pace of urbanization throughout the world, there are higher rates of unemployed, urban youth that are moving towards patterns of violence instead of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The 74 reports on a new $14 million commitment by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, which will almost double the number of schools getting access to personalized…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. By Mali Locke, Director, and Glorimar Barrios, Associate, Milken Institute Center for Strategic Philanthropy According to the Thriving Quotient developed by Dr. Laurie Schreiner at Azusa Pacific University, “thriving” students…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Education Design Lab released a free toolkit for universities to create credentialing systems for soft skills that employers may want their employees to have. • How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Many themes focusing on innovation in higher education emerged from Arizona State University’s research center conference hosted by EdPlus. • How can innovation in higher education work…