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Research Brief Series: Twenty Years of Education Funding in the U.S.
Explore this series of research briefs that share information on giving patterns in education over the past twenty years among foundations and grantmakers. The briefs cover funding by education levels, regional funding, and funding by topical areas.
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From Some-College-No-Degree to Success: Postsecondary Pathways for the 40 Million
What is driving the troubling trend of students stopping out, and what can be done to move these learners toward success? This report focuses on the barriers for this population and the actions policy makers as well as institutional leaders can take to better serve them in their postsecondary journeys. Funded in part by Ascendium Education Group.
Design-Based Budgeting: A New Alternative to Weighted Student Funding Formulas
Many district leaders are re-considering their funding systems in the context of tighter budgets, greater student needs, the push for fiscal sustainability. Learn about ERS' design-based budgeting approach, which keeps leader's eyes focused on the school models they want to create.
Early Care and Education Governance Models
This Policy Outline and 50-State Comparison offer key data on how states oversee early childhood education programs as well as the level of alignment between programs and advisory entities in the state.
Adolescents in California: Creating the Conditions for Thriving
This resource is a celebration of young people and their many roles and contributions. Think of it as an invitation to a conversation about how we collectively create the conditions for thriving.
Early Returns: First Results from the New Wave of Public Funding of Private Schooling
This report explores the expansion of universal private-school choice in eight states, where public funding supported K-12 private school tuition and educational expenses for nearly 600,000 students in the 2023-24 school year.
Shortchanged: Tracking Public Investment in Early Learning Report
Decades of research show that children develop long-lasting social-emotional, gross motor, and learning skills during their first five years of life. Yet the U.S. chronically underinvests in young children. This report looks at early learning funding streams and chronicles how much – or little – we spend on the care and education of children before they enter elementary school nationally, state-by-state, and over time.
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