POWERING THE FUTURE OF LEARNING
Tackling teaching and learning challenges that disproportionately affect Black, Latino, and students of all races experiencing poverty.
FEATURED ANNOUNCEMENTS
AERDF welcomes Auditi Chakravarty as new CEO
A former educator and longtime builder of equity-driven K-12 programs, Chakravarty is excited to extend AERDF’s momentum in our next phase.
EF+Math is pleased to release its Insights Report
Strengthening Executive Function Skills to Improve Mathematics Learning: Evidence of Promise from EF+Math’s Inclusive R&D Approach.
Join the AERDF Community “Garden” Newsletter for inclusive R&D
OUR INCLUSIVE R&D PROGRAMS
Program Overview
We seek to dramatically improve conditions for the social and emotional health and positive academic outcomes of learners aged 8-13, with a special focus on Black and Latinx learners.
Program Overview
We aim to double the number of Black and Latinx students and students experiencing poverty in grades 3-8 who are proficient in math, by building innovative math learning systems that strengthen executive function skills.
Program Overview
We aim to unlock the greater reader in every child. Specifically, our program will focus on increasing reading fluency and comprehension for all students, particularly Black, Latino, and Native American students and those experiencing poverty.
Emerging Ecosystem Map of Education R&D
We at AERDF teamed up with over 80 organizations to co-create one of the first maps of who’s innovating in education research and development right now. Are you and your organization on the map? We invite you to join.
Read more about Our Emerging Ecosystem Map on Education R&D and collaborate here.
LATEST UPDATES
EdWeek Market Brief – Education CEOs Weigh In: Where Do Their Organizations Get Their Best Ideas?
“We want innovation to happen at the edge of what’s possible…we’re aiming for not just statistically significant, but transformative outcomes.” Compelling words from our CEO Auditi Chakravarty in the EdWeek Market Brief article that includes our tri-sector R&D approach and focus on co-designing leading edge teaching and learning solutions with educators, researchers, and developers. Read […]
EF+Math Program demonstrates promise of Inclusive R&D for improving mathematics learning outcomes for grades 3-8
Contact Information: Advanced Education Research and Development Fund (AERDF) Marvin Smith msmith@aerdf.org Release Date: March 30, 2023 Oakland, CA: The Advanced Education Research and Development Fund (AERDF) today announced the release of an insights report from its demonstration program, EF+Math, which suggests early signs of promise to improve mathematics learning for its priority populations, […]
AERDF Announces Auditi Chakravarty as CEO Starting April 3
Oakland, CA: The Advanced Education Research and Development Fund (AERDF) today announced that Auditi Chakravarty will assume the role of CEO, starting on April 3, 2023. Chakravarty succeeds founding CEO Stacey Childress, who steered the successful transition from a demonstration program at NewSchools Venture Fund in 2019 to a standalone nonprofit research and development (R&D) […]