This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • RAND Corporation conducted two studies on restorative justice practices at the middle school level and found only a small negative impact on academic outcomes. However, the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Richard Louv at Children & Nature Network interviews Karen Pittman, president, and CEO of the Forum for Youth Investment, a nonprofit that focuses on leadership and youth development. •…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Save the Children breaks down the ways in which conflicts impact children around the world and how intervening on behalf of children can improve the world. …
Giving Compass’ Take: • Martha Ross and Natalie Holmes lay out the landscape of youth unemployment and effective strategies for helping young people find employment. • How can funders better tailor…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Linda Jacobson reports that a new Harvard study shows that personalized learning plans help boost student success by pulling together their strengths, needs, and goals. · How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • At the National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) conference in Washington, D.C., students spoke about the importance of incorporating their voices into policy decisions.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Marie Bjerede, writing for Getting Smart, suggests that to foster agency in students, the educator must shift classroom focus from teacher-centered to student-centered by using various learning…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · There has been so much emphasis on early childhood literacy that math instruction has become minimal in young classrooms. Sarah Gonser at The Hechinger Report discusses the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this paper from the American Sociological Association, authors Joscha Legewiea and Jeffrey Fagan discuss the effects of aggressive policing on the education of minority youths.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Lindsay Marcal at Independent Sector interviewed Erin Souza-Rezendes, Director of Communications of MENTOR, about the impact of mentorships and the challenges that arise in this field. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass Take: · The 74 reports that the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is providing $1.6 Million to the Jefferson Education Exchange to help educators make informed decisions about education technology.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this story from Chalkbeat, author Reema Amin discusses New York education officials’ increased focus on foster youth, questioning whether it goes far enough. • What…