About Us

OUR PURPOSE

Improving life outcomes for young people through education.

OUR VISION

Effective education systems in California and Washington that provide opportunities for all students to learn, achieve, and thrive. Primarily working through public education systems, we promote strategies that nurture students to be self-reliant, succeed in education and careers, and engage meaningfully in their communities.

OUR VALUES

Be Bold • Make an Impact • Act with Integrity • Be Accountable • Pursue Excellence • Be Respectful

The Stuart Foundation is dedicated to improving life outcomes for young people through education. We work to ensure that effective education systems in California and Washington provide opportunities for all students to learn, achieve, and thrive. Primarily working through education systems, we promote strategies that nurture students to be self-reliant, succeed in education and careers, and engage meaningfully in their communities.

OUR DESIRED FUTURE

To realize our vision, the Foundation believes that our public education system should move from a focus on narrowly defined academic measures to one that promotes the development and success of all children, especially young people furthest from opportunity.

For us and our partners that means classrooms where young people are seen and heard, and cared for. Schools where their natural curiosity is encouraged, where they are challenged academically, where their families are welcome and part of the solution. It means schools where competent, caring educators have time to learn from each other, put students in the driver’s seat, have deep knowledge of their subject area, and embody a deep commitment to every student’s success. It means schools that prepare young people to work well together, respect differences, take risks, persevere when they face challenges, and know when and how to ask for help from peers and adults in their lives. It means a rich curriculum that connects students to the world around them, to their civic duty, and their role as they prepare to enter the adult world.