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2026 IgnitED Award Winners

The Grantmakers for Education IgnitED Awards celebrate outstanding leaders who drive bold ideas and innovative thinking in education and philanthropy. Learn more about the 2026 award winners here!

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Investing in the Out-of-School Time Workforce: Recommendations for Grantmakers

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Member Insights: Education Access Is Under Threat: Philanthropy Can Protect Education for All Children

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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
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
June 2022

Investing in California’s Data Future: How California’s P–20W Cradle-to-Career Data System Could Take the State from Last to First

This case study on California’s P–20W Cradle-to-Career Data System is a deep dive into what made the state’s process so successful, and provides insights for other state leaders looking to build or improve their own state data system.

Data Quality Campaign
June 2022

Leadership Transition at Grantmakers for Education

After more than four successful years at the helm, Dr. Celine Coggins is working with the board of directors to identify the organization’s next executive director.

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