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Applications Now Open for the 2021 Impact Fellowship

By Melissa Wu, February 18, 2021

Twelve months ago, when the COVID-19 virus was just emerging, none of us could imagine where we would be today: school systems still navigating how to re-open and stay open, communities still struggling to ensure residents have basic necessities. Where will we be twelve months from now? With growing vaccine availability and promise of recovery funding, there are real reasons to hope we can get back to normal life. But returning to normal shouldn’t be our aspiration. “Normal” K-12 education wasn’t working for millions of Black and Latinx students, and other children from low-income communities...
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Announcing Our COVID Response Fellowship Cohort

By Jennifer Chin, December 9, 2020

Nine months into the pandemic, schools continue to face unprecedented challenges in equitably serving students and families. Recent analysis from the NWEA shows that student achievement in math has dropped 5 to 10 percentage points , with even larger declines for students of color. With half of students missing year-over-year testing, researchers fear that results may be even worse. Nationwide, more than 3 million vulnerable children are estimated to be displaced from school. In response to this ongoing educational crisis, EP is proud to announce our COVID Response Fellowship cohort -- a...
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Education Pioneers 2020 Annual Report

By Melissa Wu, December 8, 2020

Dear Friends, It is with pride and gratitude that we share our 2020 Annual Report. 2020 was an unprecedented year for us as a nation. And it’s impossible to separate EP’s work and mission from the traumas of an unrelenting global pandemic, a difficult reckoning with racial justice, and a highly divisive political climate. Leadership matters, and never more than in moments of crisis. We are proud that EP was able to transform and innovate in order to advance our mission of catalyzing leaders at all levels to drive systemic change. We moved our Fellowships virtual, welcomed 80 new Pioneers, and...
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Giving Tuesday 2020

December 1, 2020

As 2020 draws to a close, we continue to grapple with a traumatic pandemic. Schools across the country are challenged with making impossible decisions about how to best continue learning -- and results from the first semester indicate that while the fall has been less chaotic than the spring, the risks to student learning and wellbeing are just as high. Students of color and students living in low-income communities, who were already underserved before the pandemic, are disproportionately affected by 2020’s disruptions. Whether it’s reliable access to fundamentals like internet, technology,...
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Announcing Our 2020-2021 Impact Fellowship Cohort

By Jennifer Chin, November 10, 2020

We are proud to announce the new 2020-2021 Education Pioneers Impact Fellowship cohort -- a group of 23 rising problem solvers, data analysts, and strategic thinkers who aspire to make a difference for kids and communities. They join EP’s existing network of 4,500+ leaders who work outside the classroom to enable student and teacher success inside the classroom. Impact Fellows have begun their 10-month work placements at our Partner organizations, including school systems, education agencies, and supporting nonprofits. They also recently began their leadership development programming --...

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