Updates
From the Foundation
November 2020 Foundation Update
Read moreDear Colleagues, In mid-October, I joined a broad group of leaders in philanthropy in a joint statement expressing our shared concern for our constitutional democracy during a fragile moment, when division and raw feelings are perhaps more on the surface now than they have been in our lifetimes. As we wait for all votes to be counted and digest the tense aftermath
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Foundation Update
Read moreWe are inspired and guided by the work of our grantees and partners who are elevating the need to renew the promise of public education and to disrupt longstanding inequities, and to make schools places that foster intellectual curiosity and that center shared human connection by build strong relationships between educators and students – especially for students of color, foster
June 2020 Foundation Update
Read moreDear Colleagues, As I write to you, my heart is breaking. We had been grappling with the disruption of a pandemic of unknown severity and duration. Now we must reckon with deep and historical racism and pain that none of us can ignore. Like you, the Foundation team is profoundly sobered by this pandemic-turned-economic crisis and its yet unknown –
COVID-19 Statement to the Field
Read moreThe COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted education, the economy, and life as we know it. But even as the immediate horizon is difficult to see, this much is certain: We will get through it.