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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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Centering Ourselves
Centering Ourselves is the first in a series of reports about the leadership impact of Black women in philanthropy. This report also examines the leadership impact of Black women during a national crisis and global pandemic - capturing in real-time, the strategy and insights that have proven necessary to move forward the field, communities, and society writ large.
Student Counts in K-12 Funding Models
This policy brief explores the advantages and challenges of student count policies and provides pertinent considerations for policymakers adapting their policies to recent trends.
Out from the Shadows: Informal Removal of Children with Disabilities from Public Schools
Schools across the country remove students with disabilities from the classroom using illegal practices known as “informal removals". These off the books dismissals are described in detail in this report.
Framing Racial Equity in Adolescence: Messaging Strategies for Social Change
This framing playbook helps practitioners, advocates, policymakers, and journalists communicate more accurately and effectively about racism and equity and their impact on adolescent development.
Transforming Mindsets, Powering Change
In this three-part report series Transforming Mindsets, Powering Change, Equal Measure shares an emerging picture of how postsecondary institutions and their partners are unearthing complex and entrenched barriers embedded in their systems and shifting culture, practices, and policies.
State of American Philanthropy: Giving for K-12 Education
This background paper covers important topics and trends in U.S. giving to K-12 education. It draws on past research and reporting by IP writers, as well as new interviews, grantmaking data, and other sources including Grantmakers for Education.
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