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 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
To catalyze the creation of a community-led fund that will establish innovative education-to-workforce pathways that support the next generation of Lexington learners and position these learners to be better prepared to access in-demand, high-wage employment opportunities
To support a healthy Mississippi River Basin so people and nature can thrive together
2022
Environment
$390,000
Odessa Initiatives, LLC
To support a program that integrates social and mental health into schools that lead to lifelong learning
2022
Education
$500,000
Carnegie Mellon University
To create a fellowship program that addresses a critical gap in talent within state education agencies
2022
Education
$321,927
Colorado Succeeds
To build coalitions and advocate on education policies and initiatives across the state, including leveraging Colorado's industry leaders and business community in career-connected pathways
To support collective action toward a vision for community-led transformational educational change in Jacksonville and across Florida
2022
Education
$500,000
International Society for Technology in Education
To support a cohort of at least three school districts to create and use new resources that will ensure they are purchasing digital assessments that meet the needs of teachers and students