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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, […]
Education Week – What Can Schools Do When Older Students Can’t Read?
Often, when older elementary school students can’t read, it’s because they’re having trouble with a foundational skill, said Brandy Nelson, the academic director for the Reading Reimagined program at the Advanced Education Research and Development Fund. “What is probably happening is the student has a decoding challenge,” she said. Read on to learn what school […]
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) […]
New Congressional dollars for education research and development have promise to ignite a long awaited K-12 engine of innovation
In these cold winter months, many of us know the dreadful surprise encounter with a dead car battery. Once we’ve found our cables and a good samaritan to help, the standard guidance is to step on the pedal and keep the engine in use long enough to recharge the battery. In this advice, there’s a […]
AERDF Welcomes New Board Members
Why the structure of our board of directors matters – and how it will help us grow After several months of board development, AERDF is excited to announce five new members who bring rich and diverse professional and personal experiences to our Board of Directors: Dr. Cassandra Herring, President, CEO and Founder of Branch Alliance […]
AERDF Reaches Key Milestone: Recruiting a Long-term CEO
By Stacey Childress, Founding CEO, AERDF I’ve been blessed in my career to do two things I love repeatedly: reinvigorating well-known but fading organizations and shepherding start-up initiatives and entities from idea to reality. In the last few years, I’ve had the enormous privilege of doing both at the same time! We recently announced that […]
Announcing our AFG Awardees
Meet the R&D Teams Working to Transform Assessment for Black and Latinx Learners