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Grantmakers for Education Statement on Proposed Elimination of the U.S. Department of Education

Grantmakers for Education opposes the elimination of the U.S. Department of Education and calls on philanthropy to increase its commitments.
Member Insights: Whose Future Are We Saving For?
2025 IgnitED Awards Nominations
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2 Years of Strong Fundraising Returns Projected, and 5 Other Giving Predictions
From Outreach to Enrollment: Strategies to Engage Adults in Education Beyond High School
15 Million Infrastructure Jobs: An Economic Shot in the Arm to the COVID-19 Recession
A $1.5 trillion infrastructure program from the Biden-Harris administration would be good medicine to nurse the economic wounds inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The new report, 15 Million Infrastructure Jobs: An Economic Shot in the Arm to the COVID-19 Recession, finds that an infrastructure stimulus would create or save 15 million jobs over 10 years. A majority of the jobs would be for workers with no more than a high school diploma and some non-degreed short-term postsecondary training, while the remaining quarter of infrastructure jobs would require an associate’s degree or higher.
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Tough Test: The Nation's Troubled Early Learning Assessment Landscape
At a time when the nation is investing significantly more resources into early learning, policymakers have scant information on whether these investments are paying off because of a dearth of dependable information about how much students are learning and developing from preschool through grade 2.
The Acceleration Imperative: A Plan to Address Elementary Students’ Unfinished Learning in the Wake of Covid-19
In school districts and charter school networks nationwide, instructional leaders are developing plans to address the enormous challenges faced by their students, families, teachers, and staff over the past year, with their eyes on the moment when everyone can safely be back in classrooms full time.
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