This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Getting Smart profiles inspiring students who are cultivating their voices and showing leadership in their communities when it comes to marginalization, design thinking, innovation and making…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for Getting Smart, Michael Niehoff explains how education has changed throughout history and why we need a 21st Century Education Student Bill of Rights to protect students,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Causeartist interviews Gayle Farman, the founder of Passport for Good, an app that is measuring community engagement for schools and students alike. • How can funders help…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Frederick Hess at Education Next shares several lessons learned from educators who have challenges with teaching and want to improve their schools • How can philanthropy help develop…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · According to Education Dive, the Los Angeles Unified School District announced that it will now begin to report extensive data on foster care youths in school, looking…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Meredith Kolodner discusses how Avolles Parish, with a predominantly black student population, combats declining graduation rates and dwindling funding. • How can holistic approaches to student…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Writing for EdSource, Daniel Helena explains that districts need to implement curricula that is relevant to their students in order to promote equal opportunities of success. · How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Oakland Unified School District’s African-American Male Achievement initiative was able to significantly reduce the high school dropout rate of black males. • The effort was…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Lauren Barack discusses modern approaches to sexual education and explains how it has expanded to cover topics like consent and social media’s effect on body image. ·…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • According to new research, people with dementia whose parents also had dementia develop symptoms an average of six years earlier than their parents did. • How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Akilah Johnson is, by all accounts, a phenomenon. When the Communities for Just Schools Fund first met her, Johnson was a 16-year-old junior in high school in Washington, DC, our…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • New research links a genetic anomaly and some forms of sudden infant death syndrome *SIDS), which claims the lives of more than 3,000 infants a year. •…