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.

August 2018 | Youth Organizing: A Model for Change
the Nellie Mae Education Foundation

This brief report summarizes a five year evaluation of eight youth organizing groups, who were awarded an Amplifying Student Voice and Leadership (ASVL) grant from the Nellie Mae Education Foundation. Findings support that different models of youth organizing produce distinct results and leadership development outcomes.

July 2018 | Diverse, Equitable, Inclusive K-12 Public Schools: A Call for Philanthropic Support
The Sillerman Center

This report highlights the benefits, visible for students of all backgrounds, of racially and socioeconomically diverse public schools.

July 2018 | Guiding Questions for State School Improvement Efforts
Education Commission of the States

This brief puts forth guiding questions in four key areas for policymakers, and funders, to use as a roadmap for improving outcomes at lower-performing schools.

July 2018 | Making Summer Pay Off: Using Behavioral Science to Encourage Postsecondary Summer Enrollment
MDRC

This report summarizes the diagnostic process, intervention design informed by behavioral science, and implementation of two interventions aimed at increasing postsecondary summer term enrollment at four community colleges in Ohio.

July 2018 | Nonprofit Diversity Efforts: Current Practices and the Role of Foundations
The Center for Effective Philanthropy

This report comprises survey results from 205 leaders of nonprofits on how they engage with grantees on the topic of diversity.

June 2018 | 50-State Comparison: State Kindergarten-Through-Third-Grade Policies
Education Commission of the States

This report profiles all 50 states, detailing each of their policies and approaches to K-3 education, specifically regarding seven important elements.

June 2018 | A Broader Vision of Student Success: Insights and Opportunities for Social and Emotional Learning in Delaware
Rodel Foundation of Delaware

This report summarizes findings on current social and emotional learning (SEL) practices from schools across Delaware. Reccommendations are presented for grantmakers, policymakers and other leadership to advance the quality and equity of SEL in Delaware schools.

June 2018 | Awake to Woke to Work: Building a Race Equity Culture
Equity in the Center

Equity in the Center created this report to detail the concrete steps an organization needs to take to achieve a Race Equity Culture within itself, important for all organizations but especially for grantmakers whose work includes funding racial equity outcomes.

June 2018 | Measuring Non-Degree Credential Attainment
Workforce Data Quality Campaign

This report surveyed all 50 states on how they measure the edcuational training of residents who have non-degree credentials (i.e. certificates), finding most are not doing enough to track this type of education.

June 2018 | Philanthropic Strategies to Support Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR)

Situated within our current alarming national practices towards those entering the U.S., this GCIR report profiles the strategies of 10 innovative and adaptive funders who are supporting refugees and asylum seekers.

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