To support a new network of politically moderate advocates and influencers who will coalesce around a policy agenda that prioritizes a student-centered approach to economic mobility
To organize and host a national convening to highlight and share promising practices and common pain points with implementing new competency-based and student-centered assessment systems
To provide technical assistance to 60 grantee communities selected by the U.S. Department of Commerce and its Economic Development Administration for the Build Back Better Regional Challenge competitive grant program
To explore how communities and states can create ecosystems where learning does not just happen at school and develop a strategy to raise, organize and direct the kind of significant funding that will be necessary to fund new ways of organizing, supporting and credentialing learning
To implement a subgrants program to support its Protecting Our Dignity coalition's vision for coordinated youth leadership, youth wellness and student enrichment activities
2022
Education
$350,000
Council of Chief State School Officers
To build state and district capacity to adopt and advance student-centered and personalized learning models
To conduct research, build coalitions and provide thought leadership on K-12 education in America with a specific focus on the expansion of education opportunity, innovation and state leadership
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
To support research and communications investigating and describing the relationship between public education and upward mobility and how this contributes to the creation of thriving communities