This Policy Brief provides an overview of state strategies to promote literacy in kindergarten through third grade. It also includes current state examples that incorporate research-based approaches and policy takeaways for consideration.
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The Future of Smart: Episode 28
Dr. Temple Lovelace, executive director of Assessment for Good, and Dr. Susan Lyons, co-founder and executive director of Women in Measurement, join The Future of Smart podcast to talk about thinking differently about measurement and systems of learning and education.
Afterschool and Summer Workforce Solutions Database
New Data on Racial Justice Grants Should Alarm—and Motivate—Education Philanthropy
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September 2020
Building a Better K-3 Literacy System
August 2020
10 Steps To Effective Philanthropy During A Crisis: What Five Great Funders Can Teach Us
August 2020
Impact Investing Handbook: An Implementation Guide for Practitioners
Two years in the making, this practical publication features case studies and detailed guidance for individuals, families, foundations, and corporations. Written by Steven Godeke of Godeke Consulting and Patrick Briaud of RPA, it features input from over fifty experts and practitioners.
The Handbook comes at a pivotal moment. In the midst of urgent social, economic and environmental challenges including COVID-19, a rapidly changing climate, growing economic inequity, and broader realization of systemic impacts of racism, more investors are seeking to better understand the positive and negative consequences of how they deploy capital. There is a growing realization among those who seek to influence society that they can use more of their assets to complement and even accelerate their social impact goals.
August 2020
Equitable Transitions During Pandemic Disruptions
August 2020
Black Funding Denied: Community Foundation Support for Black Communities
NCRP’s brief, “Black Funding Denied: Community Foundation Support for Black Communities” looks at the latest available grantmaking data (2016-2018) of 25 community foundations (CFs) – from Los Angeles to New Orleans to New York City to St. Paul. These foundations represent a cross section of some of the country’s largest community foundations as well as foundations in communities where NCRP has Black-led nonprofit allies.
What researchers found was disappointing, but not surprising: While community foundations in these cities cumulatively spent $78 per person overall, they only spent $6 per Black person.
August 2020
Characteristics of Preschool Special Education Services and Educators
New research helps fill the information gap on services for preschool children with disabilities. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and federal policy guidance support early identification and intervention for young children with disabilities and encourage the use of inclusive settings to serve them.
This report is based on a comprehensive nationwide study on services for children ages 3 to 5 with disabilities. Our experts conducted this research for the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences to shed light on how young children with disabilities are served. These data can inform researchers, practitioners, and policymakers about the structure of programs for preschool children with disabilities, the prevalence of inclusive settings, use of curricula and interventions, and the characteristics of and supports provided to teaching staff.
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