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One change that is gaining traction is the move by colleges and universities to eliminate or make standardized admissions tests optional for prospective students to be considered for enrollment.
The 11 grantees of the Gates Foundation’s first U.S. education Grand Challenge will design and implement innovative solutions to make algebra more accessible and relevant to students of color, English…
As a foundation, we see a tremendous opportunity to use this moment in time to not only address the learning impacts of COVID-19, but to explore new ways to increase…
Higher education simultaneously faces an enrollment and equity crisis, one partly of its own making. And it comes at a time when the demand for educated workers exceeds supply. But…
Founded in 2014, Saga matches students at historically underserved schools with algebra tutors who provide personalized, one-on-one instruction as its own class during the school day. The University of Chicago’s…
We know from research and common sense that supportive relationships need to be embedded into each touchpoint of students’ education because these connections matter and have the ability to impact…
The idea behind Bento, a data visualization tool for education data, came after years of manually working with output files and reports from the RAND American Educator Panels.
At the Gates Foundation we are “impatient optimists” and believe that public schools in the U.S. have an incredible moment of opportunity. In this post, Sara Allan shares unique chance…
