This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Some evidence suggests that students who took the NCES test may have been handicapped because they were not comfortable with the electronic format. • Are these…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Sir Ken Robinson is arguing that dance and theatre programs have a positive impact on children’s’ social, emotional, and educational skills and they should be valued just…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • For-profit charter school networks in Michigan are using the same approaches as non-profit charter schools and are performing very well. However, the for-profit charter schools (National Heritage…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Charter school advocates say that competition should increase the quality of schools, but since there is little public information available parents are not able to accurately judge…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Newark charter schools are expanding and gaining in popularity. Approximately 17,000 students go to charter schools in Newark — 33 percent of all students — but there…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Amazon will be shutting down its TenMarks program which allows teachers to buy digital and instructional materials for their classrooms. • How will this impact the way educators…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Schools in Aurora, CO are working with the Denver Foundation to address racial bias in discipline and implement restorative practices in order to reduce the prison-to-pipeline system currently…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Higher education data is largely self-reported. The lack of student-level data means there is less transparency on how students are doing in programs or the trajectory of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Hechinger Report profiles a teacher in the Bronx named Michael Gallin who is part of a growing number of educators trying to break through mental…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Students and faculty are finding that their universities aren’t spending money in a way that they find to be reasonable and responsible. • What stakeholders should…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Social-emotional learning is key to student development and success. Under the Every Student Succeeds Act there are multiple funding streams for schools to tap into. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Louisiana’s TOPS scholarship was intended to support low-income students through college, but because of rising costs of tuition, the scholarships are primarily used by well-off white families. • How…