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Member Insights: Investing in the Deep South
"If you’ve never been on a bus filled with education grantmakers from across the country... let me be the first to tell you: it’s an experience you won’t soon forget." Sara Sneed, president and CEO of The NEA Foundation, shares a journey through history, community and possibility in the Deep South.
What’s It Like to Lead Grantmakers for Education in Tumultuous Times?
Trends in Education Philanthropy: Benchmarking 2025
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In 2022, High School Seniors Left $3.58 Billion on the Table in Pell Grants
This report is the second in a series of NCAN analyses examining unclaimed Pell Grant dollars. These data and more are available for all 50 states and the District of Columbia via an interactive online dashboard.
Making Change: A State Advocacy Playbook for Equitable Education Finance
This playbook covers lessons from advocacy leaders in six states — California, Connecticut, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, and Nevada — on the conditions that paved the way for positive changes in their education finance systems.
Effective Curriculum for English Learner Success
This series of briefs grapples with several aspects of curriculum and instructional materials that are key to philanthropic investment in educational equity reform for English Learners.
A Stronger Nation: Learning Beyond High School Builds American Talent
Lumina Foundation tracks the post-high school educational attainment of Americans ages 25 to 64. Since 2009, that figure has increased by 16 percentage points. That's progress, but it's not enough to reach 60 percent by 2025; dramatic action is needed.
Sea Change: Effective Communications for Climate Education Policy
Climate change education is starting to become more accessible and equitable through new education policies, spreading climate change education to more students, bringing new opportunities to educators, and beginning to address the urgency of our changing climate.
Prenatal-to-Three in Allegheny County
This report provides prenatal-to-three resources and tools. With an aim of contributing to a PN-3 system in Allegheny County that equitably supports all families with children from pregnancy to age three, the revealing report was informed by over 30 stakeholders in the family and child care fields.
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