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From the Field - Thriving Adolescents

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    Dual Enrollment for Students from Special Populations, Jobs for the Future, March 2021 A report from Jobs for the Future that examines dual enrollment programs intended to improve college transitions for English Learners, students with disabilities,  and young people experiencing foster care or homelessness. 

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    Best Practices Guide for Developing a District System to Improve Education Outcomes for Youth in Foster Care, Alliance for Children’s Rights, September 2021 A guide from Alliance for Children’s Rights to help school districts create systems and practices to consistently implement education for youth in foster care.

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    California’s Students in Foster Care, Learning Policy Institute, July 2022 A report from Learning Policy Institute examining school conditions and education outcomes for students experiencing foster care.

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    California Announces Guaranteed Income Pilot Projects for Former Foster Youth A news article in Fostering Media Connections about a $25 million project of the California Department of Social Services to fund seven guaranteed-income pilot projects serving pregnant women and young people aging out of the foster care system.

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    Foster Care, Postsecondary Education, and Financial Aid in California The Urban Institute released a brief describing the financial support that students who have experienced foster care receive to attend college compared with those of their peers in California.

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    California’s Future is Clocked In: The Experiences of Young Workers Young people are critical actors in California’s vibrant economy and labor force. Yet, young workers in California find themselves navigating a tumultuous landscape of societal shifts, economic challenges, and the lingering aftermath of a global pandemic.

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    Giving Credit Where Credit is Due, All4Ed, November 2023

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    The State of the American Student, Fall 2023; Center for Reinventing Public Education 

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    A Community School in Service of Newcomer Students: Lessons from Oakland International High School, PACE, August 2023 

From the Field - Transforming Systems for Equity

  • Executive Summary: Secondary Edition – Strengthening Coherence Across Initiatives: A Whole-Child Lens; The Center for Whole-Child Education, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University. (2024).

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  • Secondary Edition – Strengthening Coherence Across Initiatives: A Whole-Child Lens; The Center for Whole-Child Education, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University. (2024).

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  • Executive Summary: Strengthening Coherence Across Initiatives: A Whole-Child Lens; The Center for Whole-Child Education, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University. (2024).

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  • Strengthening Coherence Across Initiatives: A Whole-Child Lens; The Center for Whole-Child Education, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University. (2024).

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    Declining Enrollment, School Closures, and Equity Considerations, PACE, September 2023

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    More to Be Done: California’s Local Control Funding Formula After a Decade, The Education Trust West, November 2023

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    In Search of Equity for English Learners: A Review of the 2021-2024 Local Control and Accountability Plans (LCAPs), Californians Together and Loyola Marymount

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From the Foundation

  • Message from the President: Setting Our Sights on Thriving Adolescents   “…we are each other’s  harvest:  we are each other’s  business:  we are each other’s  magnitude and bond.”  – from Paul Robeson, by Gwendolyn Brooks    Imagine how different the lives of young people would be if we took Gwendolyn Brooks’ words to heart. If we thought of adolescents as

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  • Stuart Foundation Update: Nothing Short of Thriving, December 13, 2023

    Message from the President I tire so of hearing people say,  Let things take their course.  Tomorrow is another day.  – from Democracy, by Langston Hughes   When I was 25, working as a researcher for the ACLU of Southern California – my first full-time job out of law school – a fellow summer intern gave me a collection of Langston Hughes poems.

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  • Stuart Foundation Update, June 2023

    Writing a New Story “Stories matter. Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign, but stories can also be used to empower and to humanize. Stories can break the dignity of a people, but stories can also repair that broken dignity.” – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie How do we understand the stories of public education in California?

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  • Stuart Foundation Update, March 2023

    Cultivating Hope and Possibility  One of the most inspiring and hopeful parts of my job is spending time in schools and districts, hearing from young people, and learning about how they are being engaged, inspired, and supported to bring their full selves to school.  Their energy and passion remind me of what is possible when we organize schools and school

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