Grantee Spotlight

Apr 16, 2025
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Apr 16, 2025Future Readiness

Spotlight On Growth: Museum of Science

Dr. Christine Cunningham, SVP of STEM learning at the Museum of Science, discusses the importance of engaging, hands-on STEM learning for all students.

Jan 30, 2025
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Jan 30, 2025

2024 Bright Spots: Unlocking Innovation

How our funding unlocked innovation—from enhancing PL through AI to helping nonprofits develop and launch new approaches, interventions, and models that address unmet needs.

Jan 30, 2025
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Jan 30, 2025

2024 Bright Spots: Unlocking Evidence

Here, we highlight how our funding helped unlock evidence to advance field knowledge or validate program models in the areas of tutoring and curriculum-based PL.

Jan 30, 2025
Jan 30, 2025

2024 Bright Spots: Unlocking Growth

How our funding helped nonprofits unlock growth, measured by increased earned revenue and reach, improved capacities, and follow-on funding.

Jan 13, 2025
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Jan 13, 2025Future Readiness

Spotlight On Growth: National Inventors Hall of Fame

In this “Spotlight On Growth,” Emma Banay sits down with Hannah Paulin, Chief Strategic Officer at the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

Oct 28, 2024
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Oct 28, 2024School Success

Spotlight On Growth: Zearn

Zearn is the nonprofit behind Zearn Math, the top-rated math learning platform used by one in four elementary school students nationwide.

Oct 21, 2024
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Oct 21, 2024School Success

Spotlight On Growth: CommonLit

Michelle Brown, founder and CEO, discusses the organization's growth trajectory, its approach to measuring impact on student learning and engagement, and more.

Sep 26, 2024
Sep 26, 2024School ReadinessSchool Success

Spotlight on Innovation: Reflections on GenAI Investments and Trends in Education

Over the last two years, we’ve made over $13 million in commitments to organizations building, scaling, or learning about AI-powered interventions in Pre-K-12 education.

Sep 5, 2024
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Sep 5, 2024

Transforming Lives: Stories of Impact From Our Grantees

Stories from Parent Teacher Home Visits, PBS SoCal, and MIND Education provide a glimpse into how our grantees create meaningful change in the communities they serve.

Aug 21, 2024
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Aug 21, 2024School Success

Spotlight On Innovation: Strategic Staffing

Jessica Fredston-Hermann sits down with David Rosenberg, a partner at Education Resource Strategies (ERS), for a “Spotlight On Innovation.”

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Courtesy of TalkingPoints

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