Students’ social-emotional skills have suffered since the pandemic started and some predict it will only worsen Summer programs help children with learning losses and give them a chance to connect Dallas-area children and teenagers are struggling...
For more than 30 years, Big Thought has been guided by the same North Star: that all youth in marginalized communities will one day be equipped to imagine and create their own best lives and world. To help realize that goal, racial equity has been...
Way before the calamities of a global pandemic and forced virtual learning, there existed a formidable equity gap in education. The events of 2020 have both further exposed and completely exacerbated that chasm in access and opportunity for...
When it comes to ensuring that racial equity is embedded in all Big Thought programming, Chief Programs & Systems Officer Erin Offord breaks the process down into three key components: Listen, learn, respond. It’s a strategy that’s...
See early findings and lessons from 38 sites working to implement social and emotional learning support for students across schools and out-of-school-time programs. Six communities...
Long-term study of summer learning programs finds meaningful benefits over multiple years. Published: December 2020 by The Wallace Foundation Authors: Jennifer Sloan McCombs, Catherine H. Augustine, John F. Pane, Jonathan Schweig Publishing...
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