President Sophie Fanelli elevates two recent efforts that aim to spark deep conversations about the current opportunities and challenges in our public education system, so that we can collectively craft our shared future.

Reflecting on America at 250, Kathryn Bradley elevates youth as leaders in California and across the country, explores how public education prepares them to participate in our diverse democracy, and calls for crafting a collective vision and path for young people to be part of building the next 250 years.

State Board of Education President and Learning Policy Institute Founder and Chief Knowledge Officer Linda Darling-Hammond joins Sophie Fanelli for a conversation about rethinking learning, engaging students, and expanding opportunity in high schools.

President Sophie Fanelli writes about adolescence as a time of extraordinary possibility, when learning experiences inside and outside of schools can ignite students’ interests, passions, and questions.

Katie Martin and Devin Vodicka discuss learner-centered education, the California Secondary School Redesign Pilot, and reimaging school systems to help students thrive.

President Sophie Fanelli reflects on how schools help young people make meaning of major events and cultivate their civic agency, moral courage, and collective responsibility.

In recognition of the 40th anniversary of the Stuart Foundation’s investments in California, Dwight L. Stuart and Elbridge H. Stuart III, founding members of the Stuart Foundation Board of Directors, reflect on some of the essential lessons of four decades of work advancing equitable public education in California.

This photo essay explores UCLA Community School through the lens of three high school students, providing a powerful example of what is possible when a school is designed with thriving at the center.