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Member Insights: Infusing Playful Learning into Everyday Places

Most kids spend just 20% of their waking hours in the classroom. How can communities harness some of the remaining 80% for meaningful and joyful opportunities to learn?

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A Farewell from EdFunders' Chief Program Officer

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Afterschool and Summer Workforce Solutions Database

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January 2024

Education Success Starts With Family Involvement. Why Aren’t Donors Funding It?

Addressing post-pandemic learning loss should include far greater support for programs that involve parents and caregivers in their kids’ educations.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy
December 2023

Navigating the Artificial Intelligence Revolution in Schools

AI, like all technology, is neither inherently good nor bad; what matters is how it’s deployed. And the research for this report suggests that the most effective way to use artificial intelligence in schools is as a tool that supports rather than supplants educators.

FutureEd
December 2023

A Common Agenda: How Three Communities Overcame Societal Tumult to Create Educational Equity Agendas

This report tells a story about the power of community-led, community-driven change, detailing how three communities produced a shared education equity agenda. EdFunders Executive Director Nicole Rodriguez Leach contributed the foreword highlighting the learnings for education philanthropy.

The Harwood Institute
December 2023

Across the Aisle: Bridging the Education Divide

This survey captures insights from parents and voters on a variety of education issues ranging from career readiness, student mental health, childhood literacy, school choice, parental involvement in education, and more. Funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York.

The Hunt Institute and Carnegie Corporation of New York
December 2023

The Economic Value of a Postsecondary Education: State Profiles

These state profiles show the economic benefit of additional postsecondary graduates in each state. This research bolsters advocacy efforts aimed at reducing the cost of college by quantifying the long-term gains to state economies of producing more postsecondary graduates. 

National College Attainment Network (NCAN)
December 2023

The Future of Smart: Episode 23

Dr. Temple Grandin joins The Future of Smart podcast to talk about nurturing the potential of learners who bring different kinds of minds to education, both in and out of the classroom.

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