To continue its work to advance quality and equity for students in Illinois by pairing strong research and partnerships with key education and policy leaders
Massachusetts Charter Public School Association, Inc.
To provide technical and governance support to charter schools, help advance charter policy initiatives and create a more favorable narrative for charter schools in Massachusetts
To support a prize competition to identify cost-effective, scalable interventions to accelerate student learning for the nation's lowest-performing students
To support the launch of 25 innovative high-quality new schools, further innovative charter growth nationally and build the communications capacity of SSF's portfolio schools
To create a learning agenda and grants program designed to support research that addresses critical gaps in what is known about the relationship between K-12 education and long-term economic mobility, including the development of new measures to track key related student outcomes
To increase support for policies that improve teacher pension systems, with the specific goal of minimizing the effect that pension debt has on education budgets
To study and execute best practices in engaging end-users (in this case, students and teachers) in the design and implementation of school-based research
2022
Education
$333,929
Diverse Charter Schools Coalition, Inc.
To support the design and launch of new intentionally diverse charter schools and to advance the coalition of diverse charter schools across the country
Charter Board Partners DBA Education Board Partners
To support the charter sector by strengthening charter school board governance across the country
2022
Education
$300,000
Wildflower Foundation
To build key network infrastructure to support sustainable growth, diversify the Teacher Leader pipeline and continue to scale academic assessment and data collection practices
To diversify the educator workforce by supporting diverse sector leaders in the Pahara Fellowship, designing and launching an organizational impact pilot and facilitating an evaluation collaborative
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 help bridge gaps between education policymakers and researchers by publishing and disseminating timely, rigorous analyses of policy issues in a format that is useful and engaging for policymakers