At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Walton Family Foundation created a relief fund to help grantees and communities manage the crisis. An evaluation reveals the challenges of grantmaking during the crisis - and how grantees rose to the occasion
New research from the Walton Family Foundation affirms that educators are driving innovation when it comes to integrating Open AI’s ChatGPT tool into their classrooms.
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 1, 2023—Teachers use OpenAI’s ChatGPT for lesson planning and to generate creative ideas for classes, according to the first national survey of teachers and students about ChatGPT and technology, released today by the Walton Family Foundation.
The toll of the pandemic years is becoming more clear every day: devastating learning loss among the nation’s K-12 students. A new collection of essays by leading thinkers suggests some potential planks for a new approach to K-12 Education.
Bruno Manno’s new book, Opportunity Rise, is a collection of his previously published essays thematically organized and introduced by leaders in the field of education policy
The Walton Family Foundation has been on a learning journey for several years now. We have had successes, setbacks and detours. Our central insight so far: becoming a learning organization requires taking a systems-change view and applying it to our own work.
Across the country, communities are listening to and learning from families who want learning environments that better serve the evolving needs of their children
WASHINGTON, D.C., February 6, 2023 — Building on expansive research to help better understand Gen Z and elevate their voices, Murmuration and the Walton Family Foundation today released a research report on how to best engage them in the political arena. For the past year, the foundation and Murmuration partnered with SocialSphere, whose founder John Della Volpe is the director of the Harvard Youth Poll and author of Fight: How Gen Z Is Channeling Their Fear and Passion to Save America, researching Gen Z (ages 15-25) about their attitudes and perspectives on a range of key issues.
