Resources from the Field
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May 2017 |
Big Data in Education: Balancing the Benefits of Educational Research and Student Privacy
National Academy of Education
The report addresses the tension between reaping the educational benefits that access to comprehensive data provides and ensuring student privacy.
May 2017 |
Educators Speak Up: Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) in Delaware
Rodel Teacher Council
This brief contains survey results from over 200 Delaware educators representing a broad range of grade level instruction, experience and geography.
May 2017 |
I Need You, You Need Me: The Young, The Old, and What We Can Achieve Together
Generations United and The Eisner Foundation
This report highlights how generations can work together to make their communities better places.
May 2017 |
Improving the Assessment of Student Learning in the Arts – State of the Field and Recommendations
National Endowment for the Arts
This report examines current trends, promising techniques and successful practices being used to assess student learning in the arts.
May 2017 |
Searching for Opportunity: Examining Racial Gaps in Access to Quality Schools in California and a List of Spotlight Schools
GreatSchools
This report shows wide discrepancies in parents' access to high quality schools in the state of California. However, some schools are defying the statistics.
April 2017 |
ESSA: Mapping opportunities for civic education
Education Commission of the States
This report provides an ESSA overview and shows how specific ESSA goals can be reached through civic learning and engagement.
April 2017 |
Family Ties: Multigenerational Family Foundation Board Engagement
The Center for Effective Philanthropy
This report provides insight into good governance in family foundations.
April 2017 |
How to Lead Collective Impact Working Groups
Collective Impact Forum
This toolkit provides tools, templates and tips for working group leaders to lead meetings and strategically contribute to successful initiatives.
April 2017 |
Online courses for credit recovery in high schools: Effectiveness and promising practices
Nellie Mae Education Foundation
This study examines credit recovery programs at 24 Massachusetts high schools with challenging dropout rates.
April 2017 |
Shifting Winds: Foundations Respond to a New Political Context
The Center for Effective Philanthropy
This report, based on survey responses from foundations, outlines how foundations are adapting their strategies in light of the new national context.