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Research Brief Series: Twenty Years of Education Funding in the U.S.
Explore this series of research briefs that share information on giving patterns in education over the past twenty years among foundations and grantmakers. The briefs cover funding by education levels, regional funding, and funding by topical areas.
Staying Connected: A Note to Our Members
Philanthropy Pulse Check: February 2026
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2025-26 Federal Executive Actions
A continuously updated list of EducationCounsel’s resources specifically related to the Federal Administration’s executive actions.
The Engagement Advantage: Findings from a Mixed-Methods Study of Family-School Partnerships
In partnership with TNTP, Learning Heroes launched The Engagement Advantage to examine how family-school partnerships relate to student attendance and academic outcomes. The first stage of this mixed-methods study found that schools with stronger pre-pandemic family engagement experienced significantly lower chronic absenteeism and higher academic performance post-pandemic — with family engagement showing a stronger relationship to absenteeism than poverty.
Rethinking Underemployment: Are College Graduates Using Their Degrees?
As recent college graduates face a bumpy landing in the job market, concerns about underemployment—a phenomenon in which workers possess more education or skills than their jobs require—are growing. Published estimates of underemployment among those with bachelor’s degrees range from 25 percent to 52 percent, highlighting just how difficult it is for researchers and policymakers to gauge the scope of the problem. While underemployment among college graduates is concerning, how pervasive is it?
The State of Teaching 2026
EdWeek's third year of The State of Teaching gets more granular, while continuing to survey and report on the teaching profession.
Top among them: Who are our newest, youngest teachers, and what new attitudes, dispositions, and expectations does Gen Z bring to the profession? What will help these young teachers, who have entered during a period of profound disruption in teaching, stay on the job?
FAQs: Checking in on the Department of Education
In February 2025, Brookings scholars published an FAQ piece on the U.S. Department of Education, addressing the Trump administration’s potential impact on K-12 and higher education. One year later, they check in on the department to examine what has unfolded and what might lie ahead.
50-State Comparison: K-12 Governance
This resource provides a national overview of constitutional language across states and explores how constitutional and statutory language provides for appointments as well as powers and duties of key policymaking roles in K-12 education policy.
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