This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Amelia Harper reports that New York City is hiring community coordinators to help schools cope with their growing homeless student populations. • Is this enough? How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The author suggests five ways that educators can encourage more students to maintain or increase their natural creativity. • Why is it more difficult to coax out creativity?…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The author highlights the rural Wisconsin town of Westby, which is still thriving thanks to cooperative business models. • What needs to happen for other rural towns in America…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Andres Spokoiny, writing for Medium, suggests ways in which funders can be effective in their philanthropy after a tragedy, including creating a long-term plan to support community…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Marcus Whitney, CEO of the Nashville innovation event Health:Further, brings health innovation to the next level by connecting people to organizations and helping organizations make an impact in healthcare. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Writing for Education Dive, Florida school leader Jeannette Acevedo-Isenberg shares her opinion about the importance of bilingual education and how it helps prepare young students for a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Education Dive argues that schools should go beyond rote memorization in STEM-related classes, explaining that science literature is critical to teaching students how to reason. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Homi Kharas and Lorenz Noe explore the challenges that prevent progress to end hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa and how policies can address them. • How can funders work…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Schools need to work in tandem with companies to help students build skills that employers need to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to education…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Colleges need to get more innovative when preparing students for the future needs of the job market, as there is already a global talent shortage. Cooperative education…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Food Tank interviewed Jill Isenbarger, the CEO of Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, a nonprofit education center and farm that aims to increase sustainability within the food system…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Although the cost to implement music education can be quite high, Lauren Barack explains that adopting this type of learning can have tremendous payoffs. · How can classes…