Education First’s resource library offers curated resources, toolkits, policy memos and templates that have served our clients around the country and are now available to support you. Use these resources to guide your strategic planning, to stay fresh on hot-topic reform areas, to improve your planning and implementation at the state or local levels and to inform grantmaking strategies and investments in areas that will improve student outcomes. Don’t see something you need? Contact us and we’ll be happy to help.
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To, Through and Teaching
A toolkit for creating high-quality educator pathways for high school studentsThis toolkit is intended for leaders of K12 districts and educator preparation programs who are looking to build robust pathways into the teaching profession, especially...
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Positioning State Assessment Systems in Service to Teaching and Learning
As states face growing calls to develop assessments that more directly support high-quality teaching and learning, several states and education leaders are considering ways to...
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What Are Through-year Assessments?
In recent years the number of states launching research and development initiatives on through-year assessments has multiplied as states hope to address long-standing concerns about...
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Literature Review: Considerations for Place-Based Investing That Leads to Impact
Foundations across the country, both those who work nationally and those who focus on specific communities, have a long history of engaging in place-based work....
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Curriculum Literacy Guide
As teachers and students recover from the school closures and disruptions in the previous few school years, teachers face the challenge of unfinished learning for...
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Building Stronger Pathways
Key resources surrounding stronger pathways for funders, employers, policymakers, K12 leaders and postsecondary providers.Visit our Building Stronger Pathways page to learn how intermediary organizations can support stronger pathways systems and access key resources for funders, employers, policymakers, K12...
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North Carolina Racial Equity and Social Impact in Education Community of Practice
Guiding PrinciplesThe following document is a set of guiding principles that can be used to select membership for and convene a learning community focused on examining the...
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Coherence Toolkit
Coherence results when the work of the system is grounded in equitable ways of thinking and working, the components of the system are logically connected,...
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We Refuse to Lose: Report to Philanthropy
In American philanthropy, there is an imbalance in power between national and local/regional philanthropies and between philanthropies of all types and communities. That power imbalance...
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Case Study: Inside Chicago Public Schools’ Opportunity Schools Initiative
This case study details the Opportunity Schools initiative, Chicago Public Schools’ effort to address teacher recruitment and retention issues in its hardest to staff schools....
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Heeding the Call for Change: Centering Equity in Social & Emotional Learning
Educators and researchers have long understood the role of social emotional learning (SEL) in improving learning and college and career-ready outcomes for all students. Additionally,...
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Innovative Staffing Models to Sustain Teacher Residencies
Education First recently organized a Residency Sustainability Webinar Series to spotlight successful approaches teacher preparation programs and districts have used to develop and implement high-quality,...
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We Refuse to Lose: Dallas Spotlight
The We Refuse to Lose series explores what cradle-to-career initiatives across the country are doing to improve outcomes for students of color and those experiencing...
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We Refuse to Lose: Rio Grande Spotlight
The We Refuse to Lose series explores what cradle-to-career initiatives across the country are doing to improve outcomes for students of color and those experiencing...
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Greater Los Angeles Education Foundation Strategic Plan
In 2019, Education First partnered with the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) on the potential for a county-level foundation that would drive education...
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Greater Texas Foundation Strategic Plan
Greater Texas Foundation (GTF) supports initiatives that increase rates of postsecondary enrollment and completion for all Texas students, with a particular focus on students who...
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Fort Worth Independent School District’s Office of Innovation
In partnership with Fort Worth Independent School District and the Texas Education Agency (TEA), we designed and launched the district’s first Office of Innovation, helped...
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Our Commitment to Chicago Students: A Roadmap for Student Success
To improve college and career readiness and success in Chicago, Education First collaborated with Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) to...
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Chief Innovation Officer (CIO) Toolkit
In partnership with NewSchools Venture Fund and The Broad Center, we are pleased to announce the release of a Chief Innovation Officer (CIO) Toolkit. This...
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A Broader Vision of Student Success: Insights and Opportunities for Social and Emotional Learning in Delaware
Education First worked with the Rodel Foundation to understand the schools, programs and organizations supporting SEL for Delaware public school students. We identified in-school programs...
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Illinois State Board of Education Strategic Plan
The Illinois State Board of Education’s 2021-23 strategic plan serves as a roadmap for public education as the state recovers from the global pandemic. The...
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