This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Lauren Fagella shares three ways that mentorships benefit students in school and have long-term positive impacts on student growth. • How can funders support mentorship programs? How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Five students leveraged their knowledge, skills, and unique perspectives to help global leaders realize how storytelling can advance the Sustainable Development Goals. • How can donors…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This summer we brought three youth services organizations serving the Los Angeles community—A Place Called Home, Da Vinci RISE High School and Fulfillment Fund—and special guest, Steve Ballmer, co-founder of Ballmer Group Philanthropy and former…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As colleges around the country resumed in-person learning in the fall of 2021, many educators expected students to return to campus after taking a pandemic gap year. But a funny…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Teaching media literacy can help foster student activism by applying a critical perspective to the inequalities within media messages and symbols that students see every day. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Cooped up at home in Herat, Afghanistan, Zainab Muhammadi reminisces about hanging out with her friends in the cafeteria after coding class. Now she logs on every day to secret…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Haile Thomas, CEO of HAPPY (Healthy Active Positive Purposeful Youth) discusses the important role of young people in advancing the food system. • How can HAPPY collaborate with…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I never expected to work with youth. Growing up, I did well in school. I was a huge baseball fan, particularly of the Chicago Cubs. But by age 17, I…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the aftermath of an 18-month crash course in digital tools and remote teaching, teachers and administrators are reflecting on what they hope to take away and apply to their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · California school districts are looking for creative solutions to the challenges of physical and mental health issues that often impact student attendance and abilities. · How does…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the course of the pandemic, it’s been apparent to anyone who works with or parents small children how deeply the nation’s difficulties have been felt by its youngest citizens.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “We have a partnership with a regional food bank,” a principal once told me on a school visit. “Each Friday, every eligible student gets a red backpack full of food…