The foundation's K-12 education program director on the need for disruption and innovation in education, how the foundation is looking to support entrepreneurs and looking beyond the school building to promote a wider culture of school choice.
On September 23, nearly 4,000 students from across New Orleans gathered to talk openly about the scourge of youth violence — and to come together to press for an excellent education and a better life. The Rally for Excellence was organized by InspireNOLA and was sponsored by the Walton Family Foundation.
The Walton Family Foundation’s involvement in efforts to improve K-12 education spans nearly three decades. We look to brave leaders including the individuals featured in this series to find solutions that improve education for all students. Through Innovations in Education, a video series with Carrie Walton Penner that explores first-hand groundbreaking work taking place across the country, we will introduce you to some of these leaders.
As part of the Innovations in Education series, we visited Oakland Charter Academy and met with principal David Camarena, Evelia Villa of Amethod Public Schools, and Susanna Loeb of Stanford University about the achievement gap.
Carrie Walton Penner of the Walton Family Foundation speaks with Erika McConduit-Diggs and her family to discuss New Orleans’ open enrollment system, OneApp. Erika, as the head of the Urban League in New Orleans is a champion of OneApp because it helped to create access and educational equity.
Walton Family Foundation Board Chair Carrie Walton Penner visits with Papa Dia and members of the African Leadership Group, a Denver-metro organization with a statewide agenda.
The Blue Abadi Fund is a dedicated conservation trust fund for the Bird’s Head Seascape that empowers local communities and agencies to sustainably manage their marine resources by procuring local revenue sources and providing complimentary grants.
In this Innovations in Education video, Character Lab founder Angela Duckworth talks with Walton Family Foundation board chair Carrie Walton Penner about her research and the impact she hopes that it has.