School Readiness
Create strong foundations for early learning.
Perspectives
Schools Must Know If Their Learning-Loss Programs Work — Before ESSER Funds End
As rapid-relief dollars are set to expire, Anu Malipatil suggests that now is the time for schools and districts to assess whether the dollars have made a difference.
Building Nonprofit Capacity, Hand in Hand
How capacity building and trust-based philanthropy can work in concert.
As Technology Use Explodes in Classrooms, Philanthropy Must Help Ensure All Students Benefit
John Overdeck points to the need for philanthropic investment in new innovations and ongoing evidence-building to ensure edtech solutions improve learning.
Our Predictions for 2023
Our leadership team sat down to reflect on what they’ve seen across the education and philanthropic landscape, in addition to what the Foundation has learned.
Why Digital STEM Initiatives Are a Critical Investment Right Now
Gemma Lenowitz calls for investment in affordable and scalable digital solutions that can engage students in STEM learning beyond the classroom.
Funding Better Assessment Can Help Kids Recover from COVID-Era Learning Loss
John Overdeck explains how funding cutting-edge, curriculum-aligned formative assessments can help to address unfinished learning.
It’s Time to Rethink the ‘One Teacher, One Classroom’ Model
Stephanie Banchero of The Joyce Foundation and Irene Chen write about why the traditional school staffing model must be reimagined.
How We Support Evidence-Based Decision-Making in Curricula and Professional Learning
Laurie Sztejnberg shares how our grantees work to empower educators by generating evidence of what works at the intersection of curriculum and professional learning.
Why We Fund Afterschool STEM at Overdeck Family Foundation
Afterschool STEM programs play a unique role in promoting academic and social-emotional outcomes and leveraging home and community environments for extended learning.
Not Just Recovery, But Reinvention—3 Lessons from Schools Where COVID Innovations Offer New Solutions
Funders of the Canopy Project explore how the increase in student-centered teaching holds enormous potential to address longstanding inequities going forward.
