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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.
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Learning Curve: Lessons from the Tutoring Revolution in Public Education
FutureEd Policy Director Liz Cohen, in partnership with Stanford University’s National Student Support Accelerator, describes schools in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Odessa, Texas; and New York City, where tutors have made significant impact on student well-being and academic success.
Education Recovery Scorecard
The Education Recovery Scorecard provides the first opportunity to compare learning loss and ensuing recovery at the district level across the country, providing opportunities to further understand how time remote, federal dollars expenditure, and other factors impacted students during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as how some districts have made substantial progress toward academic recovery.
On the Same Page: A Primer on the Science of Reading and Its Future for Policymakers, School Leaders, and Advocates
This is a primer on “the science of reading” for policymakers, advocates and the media. This publication aims to provide a clear fact base for discussions about reading instruction and lessons from past large-scale reform efforts.
Learning and Earning by Degrees
Learning and Earning by Degrees: Gains in College Degree Attainment Have Enriched the Nation and Every State, but Racial and Gender Inequality Persists, which examines the monetary and nonmonetary benefits associated with increased college degree attainment between 2010 and 2020.
Navigating the Artificial Intelligence Revolution in Schools
AI, like all technology, is neither inherently good nor bad; what matters is how it’s deployed. And the research for this report suggests that the most effective way to use artificial intelligence in schools is as a tool that supports rather than supplants educators.
A Common Agenda: How Three Communities Overcame Societal Tumult to Create Educational Equity Agendas
This report tells a story about the power of community-led, community-driven change, detailing how three communities produced a shared education equity agenda. EdFunders Executive Director Nicole Rodriguez Leach contributed the foreword highlighting the learnings for education philanthropy.
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