Our Blog
Each year, our team’s learning agenda centers on questions designed to sharpen our grantmaking and deepen what we understand about improving outcomes for children. Jon Sotsky and Anthony Lucchino take stock of the lessons that surfaced from our questions over the past year and how they connect to our learning priorities in 2026.
New research from our grantees highlights how technology, when used thoughtfully, can strengthen professional development, support curriculum implementation, and amplify student learning at scale.
Tutoring works—but only if school and district leaders focus on improving implementation. Pete Lavorini and Meghan McCormick analyze the latest tutoring research and list five key questions schools and districts should consider to ensure these programs deliver on their promise.
In Q2 2025, our foundation awarded 52 grants totaling over $32 million. Here, we highlighted just some of the direct impact and ecosystem organizations we’re proud to support.
We believe in the importance of high-quality research to drive evidence-based decision-making and, ultimately, improve educational outcomes for all children. Here, Jessica Siegel highlights the latest findings from three grantees, which underscore the role of dosage and implementation fidelity in student impact.
Here, we highlight stories of how our funding helped unlock evidence in 2024 to advance field knowledge or validate program models in the areas of high-impact tutoring and curriculum-based professional learning.