This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the past school year, the Center on Reinventing Public Education has tracked how pandemic learning pods evolved from emergency responses to, in some cases, small, innovative, and personalized learning communities. This summer,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As students across the country wrestled with pandemic stress last winter, sophomore Nathaniel Martinez logged on to a virtual retreat. Forty mostly Black and Latino teens in Chicago were getting…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For many young people, going back to school has not been easy — and it is happening at a time when rates of depression, anxiety and substance abuse have risen…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This month, the team here at the Johnson Center began work on our annual 11 Trends in Philanthropy report; we’re gearing up to publish the 2022 report in January. We’ve been looking…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While 78% of teachers feel that it is part of their job to “help students develop strong social and emotional skills” and nearly 92% feel that the teaching of social-emotional…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Barbara Dalio vividly remembers the meeting when she realized she had to pivot the Connecticut Opportunity Project (CTOP) to generate positive outcomes. David Hunter, an experienced consultant on philanthropic and…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Ounce of Prevention Fund provides detailed instructions for and examples of different forms of advocacy that individuals can use to advance early childhood initiatives. • Which…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Much to everyone’s concern, the Delta variant is rapidly spreading in the U.S. – and it’s causing higher ed leaders to question whether they must alter their autumn semester plans.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Students in Texas public schools are facing another year upturned by COVID-19 as the highly contagious delta variant spreads, mask mandates are inconsistent and children under 12 cannot yet be…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment and Impact Officer, respectively, of the philanthropic fund Blue Meridian Partners, Nancy Roob and Jim Shelton invest in strategies that can transform the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After 18 months of shuttered schools, children across the country are back in class — but thousands of teachers and other critical school workers across the country are not. Faced…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Ensuring that young people are both prepared and motivated to be the next stewards of our democracy is a crucial and oft-ignored condition for an improved political system. To remake…