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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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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Research to Action: Improving K-3 Literacy Instruction for Students with Learning Differences
Oak Foundation partnered with Education First to research efforts to improve students’ literacy in the early grades of their schooling, with special attention to supporting...
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Culturally Centered Education: A Primer
Efforts to make student experiences more reflective of diverse racial, ethnic and linguistic groups have been around for decades. However, our nation’s ongoing reckoning with...
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P-16 Community Investment, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Framework
As the Network Intermediary for the P-16 Community Investment initiative, Education First led a process to co-create with the foundation and its partners a diversity,...
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LACOE School Re-opening Framework
School Reopening Framework: The Los Angeles County Superintendents Task Force for the 2020-21 School Year was organized by the Los Angeles County Office of Education...
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Recovery with Equity
A roadmap for higher education after the pandemicIn partnership with students and education leaders across the state, Education First supported the Recovery with Equity Taskforce to produce a final report to recast...
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Farash Foundation City-Wide Teacher Pipeline Analysis
We conducted an analysis of Rochester’s teacher pipeline for the Farash Foundation to identify gaps in the teacher talent ecosystem that must be addressed in...
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We Refuse to Lose: Buffalo Spotlight
Buffalo is one of the most racially and economically segregated cities in the country, the result of generations of racist housing, lending and employment practices....
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DEI Companion Document
A Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Guide to the Teacher Preparation Outcomes and IndicatorsHigh-quality teacher preparation can play a critical role in dismantling inequities in education, such as disparities in student achievement and access to high-quality education, which...
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We Refuse to Lose: Chattanooga 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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Diverse Perspectives: Findings and Strategies to Improve Teacher Diversity in Rochester, NY
This report reflects the experiences and suggestions of teachers, teacher candidates and parents of children of color in Rochester, NY on the early stages of...
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Scaling High-Quality Teacher Residencies
To improve educational outcomes for Black and Latino students and students experiencing poverty, we know we need outstanding teachers in every classroom. And high-quality teacher...
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We Refuse to Lose: Tacoma 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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Advance SEL in California Final Report and Recommendations
Education First and Beyond Differences, supported by a generous grant from the Marin Community Foundation, partnered to support widespread stakeholder engagement in conversations about how...
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Opportunities in the Midst of COVID-19: Innovative Ways States are Using this Moment to Rethink Education
The United States Department of Education’s Rethink K-12 Education Models Discretionary Grant Program gave states an incentive to accelerate their plans to scale up flexible...
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Improving Early Math Instruction and Outcomes:
Community ProfilesTo help grantees, educators, policymakers and colleague foundation leaders understand ways to create a strong start in math for early learners, the Heising‐Simons Foundation asked...
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Parent Engagement and Early Math:
A California Landscape ScanThe Heising‐Simons Foundation is especially interested in the role parents and family members can play as partners with educators to boost math outcomes for children...
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Improving Early Math Instruction and Outcomes:
Information and Recommendations for California Policymakers, Education Leaders and FundersFor the Heising-Simons Foundation in 2019, Education First examined challenges and opportunities for improving early math in California and suggested steps for state and local...
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In a State of Flux, Part Two:
Opportunities and Challenges for Innovation for State Assessment and AccountabilityIn partnership with the Walton Family Foundation, Education First developed a comprehensive “State of State Assessments: Part Two” report summarizing the challenges and opportunities for...
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Making the Most of Grantmaking
A Primer for Designing and Launching Open RFPsRigorous and transparent open Request for Proposals (RFP) processes are one strategy grantmakers can use to source, vet and select high-potential grantees. Done well, RFPs...
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