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.

September 2018 | Scaling Solutions Toward Shifting Systems: Approaches for Impact, Approaches for Learning
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

This report looks at how funders can create processes that enable systemic change to address complex social problems, working in partnership with grantees and other funders.

September 2018 | The Power of Feedback
Stanford Social Innovation Review

Follow along in this multi-media series from September 2018 - February 2019, produced with support from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

September 2018 | Transitions and Alignment From Preschool to Kindergarten
Education Commission of the States

ECS created this report to describe two key elements - effective transition and authentic alignment - that are crucial when considering programs that take early learners from pre-school to kindergarten.

September 2018 | What Parents and Teachers Think About Education Data
Data Quality Campaign

These infographics offer the results of polling parents and teachers on their opinons about education data collection and use.

September 2018 | Work-Based Learning: Model Policy Components
Education Commission of the States

This report "outlines state-level policy components that help ensure work-based learning opportunities for high school students are well-coordinated, broadly accessible, aligned to state or regional workforce demands, and of high quality."

August 2018 | 50-State Comparison: State Policies on School Discipline
Education Commission of the States

This resource provides easily accessible comparisons of state-level school discipline statutes across all 50 states.

August 2018 | Building Support for Student-Centered Learning: A Toolkit for Exploring the Future
KnowledgeWorks

This toolkit presents four activities you can engage in to imagine and embrace a vision for the future of learning that is student-centered and relevant to the changing education landscape.

August 2018 | Embracing and Measuring an Expanded Definition of Student Success
New Schools Venture Fund

In 2016-17, NSVF began a multi-year project to work with schools that have adopted expanded defintions of student success, to generate, analyze and share data on new indicators of success.

August 2018 | Opening Credits: An Introduction to PLA Policies
Education Commission of the States

This policy analysis acts as an guide for postsecondary institutions, and other education stakeholders and funders, to understand and reform prior learning assessment (PLA) policies.

August 2018 | The State of State Standards Post-Common Core
Thomas B. Fordham Institute

This report compares the Common Core English language arts (ELA) and math standards to those standards of states that do not use Common Core or have greatly altered Common Core for their state's schools.

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