This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Recently I placed an empty cardboard box in the center of my preschool classroom of 4-year-olds. No label. No instructions. No purpose given, in an attempt to restore wonder and…
First-year Common App applicants from underrepresented minority races or ethnicities grew by 5% compared to this time in the 2024-25 school year, continuing a trend that began over a decade…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s rare in an era of partisan division to hear a veteran of the Clinton and Obama presidencies agreeing with a right-leaning economist who worked for George W. Bush. Yet…
Forty-two states in 2022-23 dedicated a smaller portion of their total funding to K-12 public schools compared to 20 years ago, representing a loss of nearly $600 billion in state…
In 1865, the state of Mississippi passed a law allowing police to arrest and forcibly transport “any freedman, free negro, or mulatto” back to their employer if they failed to…
There are at least 40,000 California community college students with untouched scholarship money with their names on it — at least $500 each from CalKIDS, the California Kids Investment and Development…
Several years ago, Jared Cooney Horvath’s interest in teaching took a scientific turn. He entered teaching during a period he calls “the decade of the brain” — when much of…
From 2022–2025, the Gates Foundation funded a cohort of five behavioral science projects focused on improving foundational literacy and numeracy outcomes. Each project took a unique approach, but all shared…
Every morning at 74th Street Elementary School in South Los Angeles, a small figure walks briskly through the front gate. Her name is Linda Ricks; she’s a retired office manager…
Even casual observers of the early childhood space likely noticed the massive push for expanding access to care and education programs over the last year, most notably with universal preschool options. But a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Education is a dynamic area in philanthropy right now. From changes in education funding and greater advocacy for school choice to the growing urgency around mental health support and responsible…
Teaching students about reading and writing memoirs enables them to immerse themselves in other people’s stories and better explain their own — if teachers set the right parameters and avoid…