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: • Developmental preschools are working for preschoolers with disabilities, but federal funding is, unfortunately, decreasing for these programs. • How are development preschools crucial to early childhood…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Migration Policy Institute shares why it is important that dual-language learners and their non-English language are actively included in class and beyond. • What support do teachers in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The International Rescue Committee and the Sesame Workshop are in a partnership to implement a large-scale early childhood intervention program for Syrian refugees to strengthen social-emotional…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • eJewish Philanthropy plans to highlight professional Jewish afterschool educators and provide a forum for them to share best practices and further professionalize the field of Jewish…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Greenbrier County Schools in West Virginia has free, universal preschool for all 4-year-olds and 3-year-olds with special needs. Teachers are highly involved with transitions from pre-k…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Brookings reports that the High 5s program aimed at improving math skills in kindergarten students has proven to be an effective, but expensive, intervention. • How can…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Migration Policy Institute research reveals that effectively teaching children in superdiverse classrooms has lasting benefits for children and their communities. • How can philanthropy support the expansion of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Cooperative Nursery School in West Mount Airy is teaching young children how to talk about race at an early age. • The author mentions that this…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Elise Franchino at Pacific Standard writes on the current state of child care in America, and she proposes that states and localities should work together to have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • At Rollins college, undergraduate students are guiding preschoolers through civic discourse curriculum with games, books, and projects that teach “philosophical rules” to children. • Can these…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Professor Rucker Johnson explains how school integration helps black students and what the current level of school segregation means for the community. • How can funders…