Resources from the Field

The views reflected in these publications are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Grantmakers for Education.

October 2020 | 2020 Youth Organizing Snapshot: A Field Poised to Lead
The Funders' Collaborative on Youth Organizing

Across the country, young people are at the forefront of momentous social change. Mobilized en masse, they are achieving critical victories in the fight to end the school to prison pipeline.

October 2020 | A Promise Worth Keeping: An Updated Equity-Driven Framework for Free College Programs
The Education Trust

This report updates the findings from the 2018 report on free college programs. This time around The Education Trust reviewed 23 existing statewide policies with our updated framework, which considers whether a program:

October 2020 | Early Lessons from Schools and Out-of-School Time Programs Implementing Social and Emotional Learning
The Wallace Foundation

The most comprehensive study of social and emotional learning implementation to date offers early lessons for schools and out-of-school-time programs on how to carry out high-quality social and emotional learning instruction.

October 2020 | Education Resource Equity Toolkit
The Education Trust and Education Resource Strategies

Based on nationwide polling data, The Alliance for Resource Equity, a partnership between The Education Trust and Education Resource Strategies, has released tools and resources to help education leaders and advocates in your community build common understandings of the issues and how to talk abo

October 2020 | Election 2020: Education Equity on the Ballot
Southern Education Foundation

To help voters learn where candidates in key statewide political races in the South and the Presidential race stand on education equity, the Southern Education Foundation (SEF) has produced Election 2020: Education Equity on the Ballot.

October 2020 | Spotlight: Learning Forerunners Across America
The Grable Foundation and Remake Learning

The Learning Forerunners Across America Spotlight with Remake Learning, Remake Learning Days, and The Grable Foundation highlights system-level best practices that foster innovation at scale in 16 regions across the United States.

October 2020 | Supporting teachers in arts integration strategies to foster foundational literacy skills of emergent bilinguals
University of California, Irvine

Oral language skills are essential to the future literacy of students in kindergarten and first grade, especially emergent bilinguals (EBs). Yet, U.S.

October 2020 | THIS IS NOT A TEST, THIS IS AN EMERGENCY: Special Considerations for Assessing and Advancing Equity in School-Year 2020-21
The Aspen Institute Education and Society Program

Education assessment can play a crucial role in identifying these learning and related challenges, allowing policy leaders to direct resources to where the needs are the greatest.

September 2020 | #InclusiveImpact Resource Guide
New Profit

New Profit’s #InclusiveImpact Resource Guide is part of their #InclusiveImpact digital dialogue series from New Profit’s network of social entrepreneurs, philanthropists, and other changemakers committed to driving equity in America.

September 2020 | 4 for the Fall: A Blueprint for Supporting the High School Class of 2021
National College Attainment Network

A new “4 for the Fall” guide from NCAN outlines four key steps for district and school leaders, school counselors, teachers, and community partners to take to keep seniors on track for a postsecondary pathway.

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