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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?
Grantmakers for Education Membership Update and FAQ
A Farewell from EdFunders' Chief Program Officer
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Authentic Community Engagement in a Time of Crisis
During the spring of 2020, Grantmakers for Education held four master classes centered around the theme of authentic community engagement. Family voice and community voice are areas of growing interest among education grantmakers. Yet as leaders in positions of privilege, grantmakers must learn together how to navigate power and racial dynamics en route to empowering communities that have been marginalized in the past.
Education Grantmaking During COVID-19: Funding Learning from Home
In March 2020, a pandemic brought traditional in-classroom learning to a halt for more than 55 million students in the U.S. Teachers and families, in most cases, found themselves scrambling to provide remote learning at short notice.
What may have seemed like a fast solution, moving to online instruction, has highlighted challenges for many learners. Philanthropists across the country quickly stepped up to help fill the gaps. What are grantmakers funding? Who is at greatest risk? What should funders be mindful of moving forward?
Education Grantmaking During COVID-19: Early Trends
In March 2020, the nation’s schools began shutting down in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19. More than 55 million students as well as teachers, administrators and families have had to adapt at lightning speed. Philanthropists have responded quickly, but the need for educating students has garnered little funding attention so far.
Grantmakers for Education Milestones 2019
Top 10 milestones of 2019.
A View from the Classroom: What Teachers Can Tell Philanthropy About the Needs of Schools
Credentials as a Tool for Equity and Regional Economic Growth: A Funders' Primer
Degree affordability. Work pressures. Parenting. Debt. Long-term ROI versus short-term ROI.
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