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  Read more and register for GFE's 14th annual conference, The Fierce Urgency of Now:  Fulfilling the Promise of Excellence and Equity. The conference is the nation's largest gathering of education grantmakers. 


  Read our new report From Access to Success:  A Funders' Guide to Ensuring More Americans Earn Postsecondary Degrees, which captures lessons from our recent member briefing.


  Get the Buzz for the latest word in education grantmaking. Subscribe to the RSS feed, to be notified whenever a new item appears in Buzz


  Deepen your strategic grantmaking with Benchmarking 2009, GFE's annual report on trends in education philanthropy. Learn what Education Week says about the impact the report is having on the field of education reform.


Listen to Secretary Arne Duncan’s June 24th call with education grantmakers.


Access new GFE member benefits, including Philanthropy In/Sight, a dynamic mapping tool from the Foundation Center, and a discounted subscription to Foundation Review, the peer-reviewed quarterly from the Johnson Center for Philanthropy.


  View GFE's web seminar: Expanded Learning Opportunities: A Key Lever to Turn Around Low-Performing Schools. 07/15/2010 (~ 1 hr)

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  Watch provocative suggestions from Secretary Arne Duncan, Professor Nichole Pinkard, Matt Miller, and Larry Keeley on how grantmakers can transform education, by transforming their own funding strategies.


Access resources from recent GFE programs. Stream audio, view slides, watch video and read presentations from GFE web seminars and our annual conference.


  Peruse News to Use, GFE's members-only monthly newsletter, highlighting learning activities, new reports and critical developments in the field of education grantmaking.