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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?
A Farewell from EdFunders' Chief Program Officer
It has been an honor to work with our team and you, our members, to co-create programs and spaces that explore the contours of critical questions of our time.
Afterschool and Summer Workforce Solutions Database
Use this searchable database to learn about local, state and national practices that are contributing to a thriving out-of-school time workforce. Strategies address issues such as recruitment, retention, compensation, career pathways, staff wellbeing, BIPOC leadership and more.
New Data on Racial Justice Grants Should Alarm—and Motivate—Education Philanthropy
This piece by Nicole Rodriguez Leach and John H. Jackson discusses how after myriad funder press releases and pledges, both racial equity and racial justice grantmaking dropped significantly between 2018 and 2021.
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Postsecondary Spotlight on Mental Health and Wellbeing
Explore learnings and take-aways from higher education institutions about mental health and wellbeing supports that work.
The Future of Math: Innovations in Classroom Technology
Will the latest innovations in classroom technology jumpstart student success in math? Explore how we should think about the proper role of tech in the teaching and learning of math.
Artistic SEL: Powerful Social and Emotional Learning Practices for Student Wellbeing
Explore how Artistic SEL intentionally embeds life skill development into artistic processes and practices in service of student empowerment and wellbeing.