This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Analysse Humaran and Gianna Hutton are 11th graders representing Miami Palmetto Senior High School in this year’s Aspen Challenge. Living in Miami, the climate crisis is already at their doorstep. Analysse and Gianna want…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While early reading proficiency and higher education are essential to young people achieving long-term quality of life, health is a key factor in the quality of life of older adults.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When the pandemic forced Austin-based Girlstart to go remote, the priority for Tamara Hudgins, its executive director, was finding a way to maintain that hands-on experience for the girls in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Sharp changes in student behaviors, priorities and expectations in recent months have forced higher education institutions to think differently. If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that there is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the availability of high-quality, center-based prekindergarten (pre-K) has increased, so too has the attention given to children’s learning experiences in the summer between pre-K and kindergarten. However, access to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Michigan schools are receiving billions of dollars of federal aid, the largest single infusion of cash ever, and have spent millions already. School leaders say the money will help more students return…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nearly 80% of higher education faculty report helping students with mental health issues, and 90% of faculty believe those issues have gotten worse during the pandemic, a nationwide survey finds.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Michigan launched a free college program for frontline workers last year during the pandemic, state officials expected to receive around 15,000 applicants. Instead, the program, called Futures for Frontliners, drew 120,000.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As a junior who is studying bioengineering, Amida Koroma has been a fixture on the dean’s list at the University of Maryland. Yet Koroma, who is Black, said she feels…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Like many New York City charter schools, Brooklyn’s Ascend network started off the year fully remote. But just a few months in, it became clear: Remote learning wasn’t working for…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Michael J. Weiss, Rebecca Unterman, and Dorota Biedzio share learnings and gaps in understanding around the long-term impacts of higher education programs. • What role can you…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. School and district officials are wading deeply into the process of deciding how to spend billions of new federal education dollars included in the latest COVID-19 relief bill, the American Rescue Plan. Plans…