Giving Compass' Take:

• Aliyya Swaby reports on the experiences of teachers trying to deal with their own Hurricane Harvey-induced problems while serving their students, working to overcome logistical and emotional issues. 

• How can philanthropists support teachers in times of natural disasters? How can donors help schools to prepare for disasters to decrease the impact of severe storms? 

• Find out how funders can prepare for the 2018 hurricane season.

Teachers across 60 Texas counties who spent this academic year struggling under pressure to keep their classrooms running after one of the worst natural disasters in Texas history.

Meanwhile, as a challenging school year comes to a close, state education officials are preparing to make momentous decisions this month about how and whether to calculate state ratings for Harvey-affected schools, including Alief ISD’s, based on this year’s test scores. Alief ISD Superintendent HD Chambers has argued that the state should waive ratings for all schools in the disaster area, but Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath has postponed a final decision until the summer, concerned that giving schools an early exemption from ratings would cause teachers to slack off.

1,400 teachers in Alief ISD — about 44 percent of the district's teachers — reported being homeless after the hurricane and had to stay in motels or shelters or on friends' couches until they could find new housing or return to their homes.

Read the full article about Texas teachers by Aliyya Swaby at Governing Magazine.