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October 2025

Kids Are Philanthropists, Too: "The Future of Education"

Nicole Rodriguez Leach, executive director of Grantmakers for Education, joins podcast hosts Amy Neugebauer and kids of all ages to explore the role that philanthropy can play in changing the future of education.

The Giving Square
September 2025

Learn By Doing: Strategies to Support Work Based Learning Pathways in Post-Secondary Education

Nationally, over 43 million adults have college experience but did not earn a credential. These completion rates have intensified concerns over a widening skills gap, prompting calls to redesign postsecondary education through lifelong learning models that integrate strong education-employer partnerships. This research is the product of a unique research fellowship facilitated through Grantmakers for Education and the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE).

Catalina Vasquez
September 2025

The status of litigation against the Trump administration’s K-12 education agenda: A guide for education leaders

As the federal policy landscape is quickly evolving, it is vital that state and local education leaders across the country have access to up-to-date information on the status of the administration’s actions. In response to the need for timely and accurate information, this brief provides an overview of the ongoing legal challenges (as of September 1, 2025) to the Trump administration’s executive actions related to K-12 education.

Brookings Institution
September 2025

Falling Behind: How Skills Shortages Threaten Future Jobs

This report finds that the US needs 5.25 million additional workers with education and training beyond high school through 2032, 4.5 million of whom will need at least a bachelor’s degree. Resources include a data tool and recommendations.

Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce
September 2025

Executive Orders Affecting Charitable Nonprofits

This document tracks the potential impacts of Executive Orders on the work of charitable nonprofits, and is updated frequently.

National Council of Nonprofits
September 2025

Bringing Students Back

This study profiles successful programs that re-engage students who left college before earning a degree or credential. Commonly known as students with some credit, no credential (SCNC), this student population has increased the urgency of the college completion crisis. This research is the product of a unique research fellowship facilitated through Grantmakers for Education and the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE).

Crimsonbridge Foundation

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