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Report Card 2024: New Perspectives from Students on U.S. Schools

More than 2,000 students across America graded their schools on 11 key areas that are directly related to a student’s school experience. For the second year in a row, America’s students grade their schools as falling short of excellence.

Walton Family Foundation

From Connections, to Power, to Liberation: Strategic Imperatives

From Connections to Power to Liberation makes a call to the philanthropic sector to show up in partnership with grassroots movements so we may see education justice in our lifetime. 

Communities for Just Schools Fund

May 2024

Grantmakers for Education Membership Update and FAQ

In order to streamline our membership process, we will be shifting the membership period from the anniversary of each member’s join date to the calendar year (January through December) as of 2026.

Grantmakers for Education

April 2024

Member Insights: Infusing Playful Learning into Everyday Places

Most kids spend just 20% of their waking hours in the classroom. How can communities harness some of the remaining 80% for meaningful and joyful opportunities to learn?

Grantmakers for Education
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    Pursuing Education Equity and Justice: The Legacy Sites Study Tour

    Registration closes July 17! Join Grantmakers for Education in Montgomery, Alabama on July 24-26 for a study tour focused on education and equity in the American South.

October 16, 2024

EdFunders 2024 Annual Conference

Join us at Grantmakers for Education’s 2024 annual conference, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 16-18, 2024.

August 8, 2024

Toward Languages of Liberation in Learning Environments

Join a discussion about how children’s and youth’s experiences with languages can shape their identities while developing a truly multicultural vision of democracy’s future.