This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Tom Vander Ark analyzes how applying the four essential questions in professional learning communities can engage students and personalize learning. · How can the 4 PLC questions advance…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Instructional coaches can be transformational for teachers in empowering them to advance classroom learning. • How can donors help schools activate and invest in transformational coaches? …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Research from Brookings on early education reveals the importance of playful learning environments and identifies three main characteristics of the playful learning landscape. • What elements…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Suzy Brooks, Director of Instructional Technology for Mashpee Public Schools, explains how data analytics helps her decipher school district tech use. • How can donors and…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Arabella Advisors provides a framework for bringing people, partners, and platforms together for strategic implementation of change in philanthropy. • How can this framework help to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • EdSurge explores how interactive assignments that involve the whole family have shown positive results for students, in part because it can create stronger connections between adults…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Julia Preston and Andrew R. Calderon explain how stricter immigration policies have resulted in a longer immigration court backlog. • How can funders work to ensure that immigration…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Carolyn Phenicie shares early learnings from the Gates Foundations’ efforts to use data to identify the root causes of educational inequity. • How can funders learn from…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Diane Meier shares her expert insight into the future of palliative care, including her fears for the field. • How can funders work to ensure that palliative care…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Joseph Neff and Alysia Santo explain that when prisons have trouble finding people to take dangerous, low-paying prison guard jobs gangs can end up in charge. • How can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Lindsay Jones and Ted Mitchell share how some schools are taking the lead and working to reduce stigma for college students with learning disabilities. • How can funders…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Wendy McMahon at EdSurge, interviews Dorseyville Middle School teacher Cathie Gillner, on how differentiated learning can help students understand and remember educational concepts. • How can teachers intertwine…