The Schott Foundation for Public Education’s new report, Love is the Foundation for Life: Schott Report on Black Males in Public Education, outlines the systemic opportunities and institutional barriers Black male students face and offers cross-sector recommendations for building the supports needed to improve education and life outcomes. The research findings were produced in partnership … Continued
A new infographic highlights the challenges facing LGBTQ students and analyzes trends, gaps, and opportunities in funding for LGBTQ education issues. Produced in partnership between Funders for LGBTQ Issues and Schott, we hope this infographic will help both those in philanthropy and LGBTQ advocates to chart a better course toward a future where all LGBTQ … Continued
Introduction Executive Summary Analysis Recommendations & Conclusions Share Download the full report [PDF] Download 4-page Executive Summary [PDF] This report examines our nation’s commitment to democracy by assessing the privatization programs in the 50 states and the District of Columbia with the goal of not only highlighting the benefits of a public school education, … Continued
This report is designed to support community and labor groups that are ready and willing to engage in meaningful relationship building and collaboration. The case examples of union/community collaboration in St. Paul and Austin highlight two state capitals with distinctly different labor climates and educational challenges. Nonetheless, both unions succeeded by bringing the community … Continued
As racism and hate continue to dominate the national dialogue, the Schott Foundation for Public Education released the Loving Cities Index, a multi-state report that aims to reverse historical local policies and practices rooted in racism and bias and replace them with policies that create local loving systems from birth and promote an opportunity to … Continued
The Schott Foundation for Public Education in partnership with Native Americans in Philanthropy, with support from Nike N7, recently released a set of recommendations for helping Native youth live healthy lives. These recommendations came directly from Native American leaders who hold expertise across health, physical fitness, education and youth development sectors. The report, Original Instructions, … Continued
This report – the first of its kind – highlights the challenges facing urban Native American youth in public schools and showcases seven alternative public education programs that are having a positive impact in addressing these challenges. The report, Resurgence: Restructuring Urban American Indian Education, was released today by the National Urban Indian Family Coalition … Continued
25 years ago, the Schott Foundation was founded with the idea that the American public education system is one of the most important lifelines to opportunity in our nation. Schott’s founders believed that if a single individual, family, or foundation appropriately leveraged its resources to build the public and political will to institutionalize the right … Continued
Missing out on instruction time can have a devastating impact on educational outcomes for students, particularly time lost due to suspensions. Research has demonstrated that losing instruction time can affect reading achievement and that suspensions are an important predictor of graduation rates and involvement with the juvenile justice system. In a new study, spearheaded by … Continued
This is the 2004 edition of Schott’s series of reports on the achievement of Black male students in public education. View the latest report at www.blackboysreport.org.
