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We believe exposure to innovation, collaboration with peers, and constructive debate propel us personally and in our grantmaking. To achieve this, our thought-provoking and constructive events address major shifts impacting the fields of education and philanthropy right now.
Why Outdoor Programs Help Youth Thrive
As young people across the country continue to face anxiety, depression, and trauma, a new report argues that access to nature may be one of our most powerful—and scalable—strategies to help youth thrive. The Nature of the Outdoors: Stronger Youth Development Through Exploration shows how nature-based programs—often overlooked or thought of as nice-to-have—can play a transformative role in building participants’ positive identity, relationship skills, emotional regulation, and sense of purpose.
Postsecondary Spotlight on Catalyzing College Return and Completion for “Comebackers”
Carnegie Corporation of New York partnered with The Burning Glass Institute to assess the opportunity and the barriers to completion for this population. Their analysis points toward concrete programmatic policy strategies to support degree attainment for those who are economically stranded. Join us to explore the findings from this research; their implications; how to scale effective practices to support the re-enrollment, completion, and economic mobility of college comebackers.
Families as Literacy Champions: Partnering for Student Success
This webinar will showcase how family advocacy and engagement strengthens both individual student outcomes and system-wide literacy reforms. Panelists will spotlight programs and initiatives across the country that are equipping families with tools, knowledge, and opportunities to advocate for district- and state-level changes in literacy instruction.
School Performance: Measuring What Matters Most
With student achievement in decline and debates over who’s responsible intensifying, how should we define and measure school quality? Join FutureEd and the Keystone Policy Center for a conversation among national leaders on the past, present, and future of school measurement.
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