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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.
Staying Connected: A Note to Our Members
Philanthropy Pulse Check: February 2026
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The Future of Co-Creation
This co-creation framework was developed by youth and adults at Teach for America and is used to help onboard decision-makers.
Planning for Postsecondary Competency-Based Learning
This field guide provides colleges, higher education systems, and state education agencies with a start-to-finish process to guide their own competency-based education (CBE) planning efforts.
How Can Educators Prepare for Teaching Controversial Issues? Cross-National Lessons
A few key strategies related to the selection and framing of issues, pedagogical choices, and classroom atmosphere can pave the way for successfully teaching controversial issues in fraught times. Prepared with the support of the Spencer Foundation
Attainment for All: Postsecondary Pathways - Overcoming the Cumulative Effect of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination Across the Education Continuum
This brief explores the idea of embedding equity across the education continuum to boost postsecondary attainment, identifies barriers to achieving equity, and includes examples of states’ work to ensure equity across the education continuum.
Centering Ourselves
Centering Ourselves is the first in a series of reports about the leadership impact of Black women in philanthropy. This report also examines the leadership impact of Black women during a national crisis and global pandemic - capturing in real-time, the strategy and insights that have proven necessary to move forward the field, communities, and society writ large.
Student Counts in K-12 Funding Models
This policy brief explores the advantages and challenges of student count policies and provides pertinent considerations for policymakers adapting their policies to recent trends.
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