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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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Meet the New Governors: Education Priorities of Governor-Elects
Governors play an important role in shaping education policy in states through their power to appoint members of their state boards of education, department of education heads and other key roles. Learn about the new governors and their education policy priorities.
Choose to Learn 2022: Connecting in- and out-of-school learning in a post-pandemic world
This report looks at data collected from more than 3,000 K-12 parents and more than 150 K-12 suppliers across all 50 states in the United States. This report was produced in collaboration with member Walton Family Foundation.
The College Completion Gap: An Action Guide for Philanthropy
This guide examines four challenges in college student success, shares high-impact opportunities for individual donors, foundations, donor-advised funds, and philanthropy in general to increase college retention and graduation nationally, with organizational examples. This guide was released at the premier conference for education funders, Grantmakers for Education, in October 2022.
S3 Ep8: Ulcca Joshi Hansen, Grantmakers for Education
Ulcca Joshi Hansen, author and chief program officer of Grantmakers for Education, joins us to talk about the highlights of her personal observations of education across the world and best practices to apply in remaking learning landscapes.
Lessons in (In)Equity: An Evaluation of Cultural Responsiveness in Elementary ELA Curriculum
New research from New York University found that public school curriculum is falling short in providing “culturally responsive” education, a blind spot that researchers believe could be failing students across the country.
The Future of Smart: Episode 11
In this episode, podcast host Ulcca Joshi Hansen speaks with Marta Elena Esquilin and Angel Velez to learn about how one postsecondary program is working to revolutionize the idea of the honors college.
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