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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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How States Can Use American Rescue Plan Funding and Federal Grants to Support Teacher Diversity
This report uses state-level data on how American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds are being used to elevate promising practices that state policymakers and advocates can emulate to support teacher diversity.
The State of Higher Education Funding: Historically Black Colleges and Universities
This brief is the first of a three-part series on the historical disinvestment of HBCUs. The brief takes a deep dive into the history of HBCUs, the underfunding of land-grant universities and federal accountability.
Educators and ESSER: How Pandemic Spending is Reshaping the Teaching Profession
This report provides a comprehensive picture of state and local strategies for spending of recovery resources on instructional priorities and the policy implications for traditional teacher labor practices and pay policies.
Education Data Legislation Review 2022
DQC’s review of data-related legislation found that this year’s bills addressed two realities: people need data and to understand and address emerging issues, state leaders have new data needs and policy goals.
The Pittsburgh Principles
The Pittsburgh Principles shares core ideas, key mindsets, design elements and lessons learned about what it takes to help a learning ecosystem thrive, based on the network's 15-year effort to ignite relevant, engaging, and equitable learning.
Grantmaking Practices to Support Equity and Sustainability in Out-of-School Time
Learn about the insights from the funders and grantees who collectively supported the out-of-school time field through the acute phases of the COVID pandemic.
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