Report / Research
Youth Civic Empowerment
YouthTruth
A report offering insight into the current state of youth civic empowerment, revealing troubling patterns of inequity in civic readiness.
Tag: National
Policy Brief/Proposal
The Urgent Need for Child-Centered Artificial Intelligence Policies
National Center for Youth Law
This brief is a call to action for policymakers and stakeholders to prioritize the interests and rights of children and youth in discussions about AI regulation and policy.
Framework/Guide
Deeper Learning Dozen 2022-2023 Playbook
Harvard University, Graduate School of Education
An overview of the Deeper Learning Dozen experience.
Tool / Toolkit
Community Schools Story Map
Partnership for the Future of Learning
An interactive map of stories about community schools and the impact they're having across the United States.
Webinar / Video / Podcast
Achieving School Alignment
All4Ed
A podcast featuring discussion with Dr. Lorraine Perez, Deputy Superintendent at the Santa Ana Unified School District.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
Three Years After #DefundThePolice, Schools are Bringing Cops Back to Campus
Children Now
A story about the changing presence of school resource officers and other police presences in and around schools.
Webinar / Video / Podcast
The Future of Smart Podcast
Grantmakers for Education
A 17-episode series of podcasts exploring ideas at the intersection of education, equity, and philanthropy that point us towards a radical re-envisioning of our education system.
Tool / Toolkit
Everyone, Everywhere: The Circles of Commitment Model
March For Our Lives
A presentation on the circles of commitment model for high-participation stakeholder engagement in political organizing.
Research/Report
Participant Perspectives on Education and Training Vouchers
Urban Institute
A research report highlighting the experiences of young people who have experienced foster care and received Chafee Education and Training Vouchers (ETVs) to help fund their postsecondary education.
Research/Report
Understanding and Improving Title I of ESEA
All4Ed
A series of reports exploring how well Title I targets funds to school districts and school with the highest concentrations of poverty.
Research/Report
Authentic Student Work in College Admissions
Learning Policy Institute
A study examining how colleges request, collect, and review portfolios of student work along with traditional application materials.
Research/Report
New Guidance on Investing Federal Relief Funds to Address Absenteeism
Attendance Works
A summary of the December 2022 U.S. Department of Education guidelines for how local education agencies can use federal COVID-19 relief funds to address chronic absenteeism, lagging student engagement, and learning loss.
Webinar / Video / Podcast
All In
Big Picture Learning
A video that shows what happened when schools in northern California discovered Big Picture Learning.
Research/Report
Educating for a Diverse Democracy: The Chilling Role of Political Conflict in Blue, Purple, and Red Communities
University of California, Los Angeles Graduate School of Education & Information Studies
A study that assesses how the partisan context of schools relates to their political conflict and democratic practices.
Framework/Guide
Work-Based Learning Curriculum
Linked Learning Alliance
An outline of the Linked Learning framework for Work-Based Learning.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
Opportunity Requires 3 Actions
KP Catalysts, LLC
An article discussing the need for a large-scale reimagining of publicly funded learning opportunities to address equity issues in education and calls for greater collaboration between schools, community-based organizations, and families to create meaningful learning experiences for all students.
Research/Report
Black Student Success: Improving Educational Outcomes For Black Kids Through Increasing the Number Of Black Teachers
Children Now
A report summarizing the data and describing an opportunity to innovate teacher education programs in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and rethink how they prepare and sustain candidates of color, particularly Black teachers.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
Elevating the Essentials
KP Catalysts, LLC
An article about the "Essential Guiding Principles for Whole Child Design," emphasizing the importance of considering whether an organization is partially addressing these principles or aiming to address them for all young people to achieve meaningful systems change.
Tool / Toolkit
Friend Bank Toolkit
March For Our Lives
A guide to organizing and mobilizing friend groups for political action.
Tool / Toolkit
Host a Community Event Toolkit
March For Our Lives
A guide to hosting high-impact community events for political organizing.