To launch a series of publications, educate policymakers and the public and raise public awareness and support around policies
2022
Education
$100,000
Education Strategy Group, LLC
To develop and manage a grant program to address the lack of quality information and guidance for high schools regarding career pathways that lead to equitable labor market outcomes, specifically those that lead to quality jobs with family-sustaining wages and opportunities for advancement and how best to navigate those pathways as they transition from K-12 to postsecondary and into the workforce
2022
Education
$226,100
RAND Corporation
To support the American Instructional Resources Survey (AIRS), an annual survey of a representative sample of U.S. teachers and school leaders
To support a local education reform agenda across mature cities nationally, including six where WFF has long made direct investments (Atlanta, Denver, Indianapolis, New Orleans, San Antonio and Washington, DC)
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences
To support high-quality empirical research in K-12 education policy which is responsive to policymaker needs and in turn informs policymaking through enhanced dissemination and policymaker convenings
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
To analyze the academic performance of charter management organizations across more than 30 states in recent years using student-level assessment data and a rigorous matching technique to estimate schools' impacts on student learning
To encourage development and strengthening of Innovation Zones
2022
Education
$115,000
The Oakland REACH
To amplify their mission of parent power and community-led educational change in Oakland and the state of California, and expand their impact in new communities across the country through their Virtual Family Hub
To support the launch of Drexel's Fund II which seeks to advance Drexel's mission of improving the accessibility and outcomes of publicly-supported private schools in the United States
To support the production of reported articles, videos and more to bring increased attention to broader strategies for advancing opportunities for students, families and communities
To launch a national catalytic investment strategy that will position community colleges as hubs of driving innovation between education and employment
