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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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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