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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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Welcome to the Grantmakers for Education Board
Grantmakers for Education welcomes Dr. Gisele C. Shorter of the Raikes Foundation to its board of directors.
Imperfect Attendance: Toward a fairer measure of student absenteeism
The need to understand how schools can improve student attendance has never been greater. This study breaks new ground by examining high schools’ contributions to attendance after accounting for individual students’ prior absenteeism and other observable characteristics—that is, their “attendance value-added.”
Leaning In: The New Power of Parents in Public Education
This report examines the rise of the new generation of activist parent organizations in public education, the people behind the movement, and its consequences for education policy and policymakers. Includes a legislative tracker to follow the parents’ rights bills moving through state legislatures.
Attainment for All: Postsecondary Pathways - Centering Equity in Wraparound Student Services
This second of three briefs examines the importance of wraparound services that provide equitable support to postsecondary students.
Evidence Brief – Ideal Learning Environments for Young Children
This brief shares key principles for equitable learning environments that begin with a fundamental commitment to equity, and align closely with developmental research, practice and implementation. Also find more than 200 cited research articles supporting the urgency of investing early in young children.
How Women Billionaires Are Changing the Face of Early Childhood Education and Care - and Philanthropy
According to a study by Grantmakers for Education, only 4% of education grant dollars were going to early care and education in 2019.
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