This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Urban Institute interviewed and surveyed more than 400 local workforce development boards about their child care support systems and found that many were taking a strategic approach…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Detroit’s main school district recently launched a Kindergarten “boot-camp” to help prepare early learners for their first years of schooling. • How will the national trend…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Lillian Mongeau discusses the benefits of full-day kindergarten, which most states do not require schools to offer. • How can philanthropists effectively increase the number of students receiving full-day…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Collaborative efforts are changing the lives of youths everywhere. Here, Ridgway White, president of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, uses his experience in Flint to explain how partnering…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Education Dive details a recent report that shows how most states to do not require special education teachers in elementary schools to demonstrate reading instruction skills…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Brookings Institute examines different approaches to early childhood education and explores how high-quality programs can lead to more equity. • This piece focuses on Quality Rating and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Cary Lou and Gina Adams explain how better data and understanding of their citizens can help educators and policymakers improve early childhood education. • How can philanthropists help…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · In 2016, the city of Cincinnati voted to fund pre-k programs for struggling families. Now, The 74 reports on the effectiveness of these pre-k programs and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Unfortunately, a majority of U.S. early childhood work is based on program-first approaches operating in silos. With references to Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Project Evident addresses the differences between…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Susanna Loeb discusses how regulation and Quality Rating and Improvement Systems can work together to improve early education. • How can philanthropists help spread the use of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Grover Whitehurst examines the costs of early childhood care in America and suggests that the government provide vouchers for lower-income families. · Why is child care so…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, is doing his best to open a free universal prekindergarten center that will serve all types of families no matter their…