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.
For nearly two decades, the Burroughs Wellcome Fund has helped informal science education programs across North Carolina become successful and now BWF has published a guide to tell you how.
This report reviews the progress made by ExpandED Schools in the past three years with its work in Baltimore, New Orleans, and New York.
The KIDS COUNT Data Book is an annual publication that assesses child well-being nationally and across the 50 states, as well as in the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
A new report from The New Teacher Project (TNTP) speaks to the perception among education leaders that we know what works when it comes to teacher development.
This report from the American Institutes for Research provides an overview of the science of early childhood and summarizes the disparities and the opportunity gaps stemming from inequalities.
This report proposes three actions to address the challenges of the financial aid process: eliminate unnecessary application questions, use tax data to streamline, & lengthen the application window.
In June, The Supreme Court decided Texas v.
The report examined foundation grantmaking for arts education between 1999 and 2003 and represented the most comprehensive analysis of foundation arts education support available.
This report analyzes the activities and successes of the Common Core Funders Working Group over their three-year timeline, 2012-2015. This Working Group hoped to create education systems change and "sought to leverage and organize the unique contributions of philanthropy— including resources, leadership, nimbleness and independence—to support students, schools, districts and states in successfully achieving the Common Core State Standards."
This report from the Wallace Foundation offers a digest of the latest thinking on how to build and sustain an afterschool system, and the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for this promising work.