To accelerate innovation happening outside the bounds of traditional schooling by sourcing and making grants to out-of-system operators and researchers
2020
Education
$1,500,000
Association for Education Finance and Policy, Inc.
To support the launch of a new membership organization that will empower local activists and organizations through skills building, direct organizational infrastructure support, and messaging and advocacy trainings
To develop and deliver a new parent advocacy curriculum that addresses barriers to choice for high quality special education and English Learner services
To provide immediate support to schools during the COVID-19 crisis by deploying subgrants to schools in need and generate and share best practices for remote learning
To develop a system platform for the Reading Scholarship program that allows families to make payments directly to education providers and could scale to support future ESA programs