This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · In an interview with TIME, Rowan Blanchard discussed her personal struggles with depression and how social media has become a platform for teens to express their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • YVLifeSet is an intervention program that measures outcomes based on incremental growth to help young adults who are struggling overcome their challenges and have healthy lives. • In…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Getting Smart reports on how educators at the Austin Independent School District emphasize the impact that great teacher-student relationships have on achievement. · What approaches do…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · After recent tragedies across the nation, students and parents are advocating for more social and emotional learning. The Aspen Institute shares a collection of statements addressing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • When funding youth initiatives, grantmakers should focus on the importance of youth relationships and proposals that suggest that those are the building blocks for positive youth development. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • ProPublica investigated the number of cases in which young children are being unnecessarily hospitalized because the state can not find a place for them to live, having detrimental…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · In a podcast by Getting Smart, Michael Fullan emphasizes how encouraged he is by the global momentum towards adopting deep learning strategies and policies, pushing against standardized…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · School counselors play a vital role in the success of students, but in the 2018 fiscal year budget, the Trump administration proposed deep cuts to student support…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · D.A.R.E. and Scared Straight have proven to be ineffective. Governing Magazine discusses the few places that continue to fund these preventative programs and the results they produce. ·…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A new study on self-control among children recreated the famous Stanford ‘marshmallow test’ with a diverse group of children and found that social factors were much…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Seattle Children’s Hospital details three innovative programs that they started in order to address mental health care for young people. These include an access mental health line…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The ‘shadow education system’ refers to the cultural events, enriching field trips, or extra art camps/activities that more affluent children get to experience, while children from lower…