Learn how we gathered a passionate community of experts committed to reshaping education over the next 10 to 20 years. They became the AERDF Community Garden. Using AERDF’s Advanced Inclusive R&D process, we uncovered research opportunities connected to three focus areas that affect educational inequity: income inequality, sustainable teaching, and student-centered learning. This report explains the process we used to identify fundable initiatives and includes six example Opportunity Studies.

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New Research from AERDF and ETS Reveals Decoding Threshold is a Key Barrier to Reading Proficiency in Older K-12 Students
Study highlights the importance of foundational decoding skills and their impact on reading comprehension beyond elementary school, offering new insights

