Giving Compass’ Take: • ACE Leadership High School in Albuquerque uses project based learning to reach students who are unsuccessful in traditional schools. • How can philanthropy help spread non-traditional methods…
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Click here for more.Fourth- and eighth-graders in this country have made little to no progress in reading or math since 2015, according to recently published results from the 2017 National Assessment of Education…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • Rural colleges are finding it challenging to find vocational teachers that are able to commit to schedules to teach and work, forcing some states to get more…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • A new study is trying to make the case that low executive function in kindergarten students is a contributing factor to their academic problems. • Are there already…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • Brown University economist, John Friedman, is calculating which colleges promote the most social mobility, which he defines as ” the percentage of students who come from the…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • Brookings examined how much parents pay for daycare and preschool in the US, with the median price around $8,320 per year. • These numbers should be…
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Click here for more.Kids are influenced by what adults do. What kids see, they imitate. As our nation struggles to educate its youth, and in particular, lay its educational foundation with literacy, it’s…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • Philanthropists are helping to increase graduation rates by using data collection systems to identify students at risk of dropping out and create innovative solutions to help…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • The American College of the Building Arts is a small but mighty institution that incorporates craftsmanship courses such as blacksmithing and masonry into a liberal arts…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • New York city schools’ scores on the National Assessment for Educational Progress remained stagnant from 2015-2017, showing no growth on the exams in two years. •…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • Thomas Arnett argues that a collective approach to preparing teachers for personalized learning is not the most effective way for teacher development. Instead, he offers a…
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Click here for more.Giving Compass’ Take: • Evidence suggests that teaching ELL students English all the time is ineffective, and yet the method continues in many schools. • What are more effective ways…