Posted by Nellie Mae Ed. Fdn. As New England communities grapple with what learning will look like in the fall, we’ve sponsored a series of conversations across the region that have invited families, educators, young people, health professionals, and others to discuss what equitable reopening will look like. We invite you to watch recordings…
Photo by Allison Shelley for American Education: Images of Teachers and Students in Action, Posted by Aharewood I vividly recall the first time I led a conversation on race in my classroom. The conversation happened on Monday, February 27th, the day after Trayvon Martin was murdered by George Zimmerman. At the time, I was a…
Posted by Nellie Mae Ed. Fdn. In January, we announced our new strategy to make advancing racial equity in public education the central focus of our grantmaking. Today, we are excited to share another important development — the onboarding of our new Community Advisory. We are tremendously grateful to our inaugural Community Advisory, whose contributions last year…
Posted by Nellie Mae Ed. Fdn. Dear Grantee Partners, Friends, and Community: We know that many of you are providing direct support to educators, community members, young people and their families as they navigate this pandemic and the inequities that only become exacerbated in such a situation. As a philanthropic organization, we remain steadfast in…
Posted by Chiara Wegener We all know that teachers are amazing people — after all, they are the ones shaping the minds of our future world leaders! At the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, we’ve had the chance to see the impact of many individual educators, but have also seen the powerful force of teachers…
Posted by Nina Culbertson At the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, we support schools and communities that are working to reshape education to be more student-centered — where learning is personalized, competency-based, happens anytime, anywhere, and where students take ownership over their own learning. But what does high-quality, rigorous student-centered learning actually look like in practice?…