August News Roundup
In this roundup, we highlight some of the impactful work our grantees and Foundation staff accomplished in August 2020.
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Innovation: Rethinking the Role of Teachers
Within crisis often hides opportunity, and what’s emerging through COVID-19 is the opportunity for teachers to rethink how to best engage with and teach their students.
Why We Funded: Tech-Enabled Innovation for Today’s Distance Learning "Classrooms"
Nobody could have predicted a year ago what the 2020-21 school year would bring. We’re grateful to the many grantees in the Innovative Schools portfolio who were well-positioned to incorporate tech-enabled innovation to meet the moment.
July News Roundup
In this roundup, we highlight some of the impactful work our grantees and Foundation staff accomplished in July 2020.
Strengthening Evidence: How Saga Education, Springboard Collaborative, and Valor Collegiate Moved Toward Measurable Impact
In the first half of 2020, three foundation grantees made significant progress toward strengthening their evidence base and increasing their ESSA tier.
June News Roundup
In this roundup, we highlight some of the impactful work our grantees and Foundation staff accomplished in June 2020.
Bright Spots: How EdReports Helped 11 Million Students Gain Access To High-Quality Curriculum
We’ve been proud funders of EdReports since 2017, and are excited to support them with a new grant of $400,000 to help them reach more districts and students across the country.
Standing in Solidarity, and Lifting Up Stories of Impact
During this difficult time, we are proud to support and stand in solidarity with our grantee partners, many of whom support Black children to overcome inequity and achieve their tremendous potential. In this post, we highlight four grantee partners who are making an immense difference in the lives of Black children and families across the country.
Bright Spots: Leveraging Tele-Home-Visiting To Reach New Parents During COVID-19
The pandemic has meant the way home visiting services operated in February is not the way they operate today. But the services home visitors, nurses, early intervention specialists, and other family support workers provide remain crucial.
Download: Scaling Out-of-School Time STEM Programming
A new report highlights what shared elements help out-of-school STEM programs find success in regional and national scaling.