A new Gallup and Walton Family Foundation survey finds Gen Zers are overwhelmingly optimistic about their futures, but almost half of them feel unprepared.
The Walton Family Foundation recently conducted the fourth iteration of the Quality of Life Survey in Northwest Arkansas. This survey, now in its fourth iteration, tracks progress in several areas supported by the foundation. In this survey, we asked our neighbors a simple question, “How’s it going?”
The national security of the United States is underpinned by its technological competitiveness. The Aspen Strategy Group, together with the Walton Family Foundation, convened two roundtables to provide recommendations on creating specific career pathways — beginning in K-12 through college— that will prepare our nation’s youth for jobs in six key industries: artificial intelligence, quantum computing, semiconductors, 5G/6G technologies, fintech, and biotechnology.
For the second year in a row, the Walton Family Foundation partnered with Gallup to conduct the Student Report Card survey. Students graded their schools in 11 key areas related to their individual learning experience, school experience and career preparation.
A new survey conducted May 7-15, 2024 for the Walton Family Foundation shows that knowledge of and support for AI in education is growing amongst parents, teachers, K-12 students, and college students. More than 80% of each group saying it has had a positive impact on education.
The philanthropic sector has faced calls for increased transparency, prompting a reevaluation of how foundations engage with the communities they support. Participatory learning is a response to these calls.
A poll conducted by Morning Consult on behalf of the Walton Family Foundation shows almost 9 in 10 Arizona voters (88%) are concerned about groundwater supplies in the state and believe that limiting unregulated groundwater pumping should be a priority for the state.
Sixty percent of Americans say that the impacts of climate change are being experienced now, and 16% say the impacts will be felt in the future, according to a new Morning Consult poll.
By 2025 Gen Alpha will become the largest generation yet, making up 2 billion of the world’s population. This generation is also the first to grow up at a time when play and creation cross fully into the metaverse. This trend is called creation gaming, where players build their digital world as much as they play in it.
