Press Release: National Nonprofit Accelerate Invests $5 Million in States Committed to Addressing Academic Gaps
Seven states selected to receive grants for their commitment to academic recovery efforts.
Seven states selected to receive grants for their commitment to academic recovery efforts.
Featuring essays from Jay Artis-Wright, Kevin Huffman, Justin Dent, Marguerite Roza and Governor Jeb Bush, along with recent parent survey data and our 2025 advocacy goals, this report offers a blueprint for an education system that puts families at the center of decision-making and surrounds our children with limitless opportunities.
National Association of State Boards of Education
This inagural GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar for 2025, brought together leading voices in education to talk about what the world of education and kids policy might look like in the wake of the recent elections.
In 2024 Accelerate mobilized tens of millions of public and philanthropic dollars to support high-dosage tutoring initiatives across the country. And we’re excited that the year ahead marks our continued commitment to scaling best practices, advancing student learning, and supporting positive life outcomes for our youth.
Representatives from Accelerate, an organization that supports models of tutoring and individualized instruction, and the Center for Research and Reform in Education (CRRE) at Johns Hopkins University pointed out that individualized tutoring can lead to academic growth in math.
Accelerate
The 2024 election is finally behind us. But what do the results mean for education policy in the years ahead? And what are voters telling us they want from education leaders and policymakers?
Acknowledging that the implementation and scaling of high-impact tutoring faces a number of barriers such as cost, the panelists discussed how philanthropy was well positioned to help overcome some of those barriers and shared a range of resources that funders and their education partners could leverage to support tutoring.
Some see Donald Trump’s decisive victory as an ‘immediate threat,’ but others expect him to be limited by the ‘reality of governing.’
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