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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.

Grantmakers for Education

What’s It Like to Lead Grantmakers for Education in Tumultuous Times?

Inside Philanthropy

Trends in Education Philanthropy: Benchmarking 2025

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July 2022

State Policies to Support Student-Centered Learning

The policy brief offers an analysis of policy trends, state case studies and key considerations for those interested in a personalized, competency-based system. It also explores the existing foundation of student-centered learning policies by providing information on every state’s policy in three categories.

Education Commission of the States/KnowledgeWorks
July 2022

Increasing Equity in College Student Experience: Findings from a National Collaborative

This report describes early findings and lessons learned from the Student Experience Project and presents future directions for university leaders seeking to systematically measure and improve student experience.

Student Experience Project
July 2022

Public education funding in the U.S. needs an overhaul

This report combines new data on funding for states and for districts by school district poverty level, and over time, with evidence documenting the positive impacts of increasing investment in education to make a case for overhauling the school finance system.

Economic Policy Institute
July 2022

Summer Read: The Future of Smart

In this episode, we discuss The Future of Smart: How Our Education System Needs to Change to Help all Young People Thrive. The author, Dr. Ulcca Joshi Hansen, shares her inspiration for the book and how Montessori schools play a role in changing our education system so all children flourish.

 
Montessori in Action Podcast
June 2022

The Future of Smart: Episode 5

Podcast host Ulcca Joshi Hansen speaks with Dr. Michelle Fine, CUNY graduate professor, to explore the topic of democratizing data and evidence for education.

Grantmakers for Education
June 2022

Rethinking the Role of the Principal

This report offers actions to make the principal's role more impactful and sustainable, starting with alignment to a vision and research for school leadership to better serve students, schools and society.

Aspen Institute

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