The Learning Agenda

10/01/2024

Philly’s onto something BIG! Community leaders envisioned PARKS, GROCERY STORES, BUSES, BARBER SHOPS, and
LAUNDROMATS as perfect spots to create fun, interactive, LITERACY-BOOSTING spaces for families. A new brief from will help you consider who to include and how to collaboratively TRANSFORM EVERYDAY SPACES in your community: bit.ly/literacyrichenvironments

08/29/2024

Thinking about the future sustainability of your youth programs and services? Children's Funding Project has updated its Federal Funding Streams for Children and Youth Services database to include more than 320 federal funding programs from 20 different federal agencies that support cradle-to-career initiatives. Data from these programs will help states, Native nations, counties, cities, towns, school districts, and local nonprofit organizations support , , , , , and more.

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03/08/2024

Apply to the Engage Every Student Recognition Program! Has your afterschool or summer program had an impact on your community? The U.S. Department of Education and partners want to know about it!

Apply today to the Recognition Program for the chance to have your program celebrated!

How has your afterschool or summer program helped to ? Apply today to the Engage Every Student Recognition Program to have your program recognized for its impact on youth!

01/25/2024

Summer learning is a collective and collaborative endeavor. We have been fortunate to work with the Texas Education Agency and a vast array of national partners and more than 80 districts to plan, execute, and sustain a high-quality summer learning program. You can learn about this effort in the latest episode of The Wallace Foundation’s “A Hot Time for Summer Learning” podcast, Texas school district leaders from Grand Prairie ISD and the Varnett Public School discuss the significance of community engagement in reinforcing and continuing high-quality program practices.

Congrats and thank you to our colleague BiNi Coleman for leading and representing the work.

Episode 4: A Hot Time for Summer Learning

01/18/2023

New resource alert: AIR’s Ready to Implement Toolkit is a free, research-based resource for out-of-school time leaders, staff, and teams who want to make data-driven decisions as they prepare for change. Use the toolkit to learn more about what readiness is, measure your readiness for SEL with AIR’s reliable and validated readiness assessment, and receive actionable scores with access to resources that will help you build readiness for change. Additional readiness measures for summer, family engagement, and more coming soon!

Are you ready to implement something new or to make a change to existing practices? AIR’s Ready to Implement Toolkit is a research-based resource for education leaders, staff, and teams who want to make data-driven decisions as they prepare for change. Stop and learn about readiness Learn more abo...

10/20/2022

Summer and afterschool programs make a difference for the kids, families & communities they serve every day. But across the country, for every child who gets to participate in an afterschool or summer program, three more are waiting to get in. If you think every kid deserves access, join us to celebrate TODAY - Oct. 20! Sign up now to receive updates on how you can join the biggest celebration for afterschool nationally:

Tell us how you plan to celebrate! When you register your event as an official Lights On Afterschool celebration, you’ll receive an event starter kit, which includes 10 free posters to help you promote your event, and make you eligible for cool prizes each week.

06/21/2022

Millions of professionals and volunteers work with young people every day. Yet, we have little information about this essential workforce. Through the Power of Us Workforce Survey, you can contribute to a national effort to explore, define, and elevate your work with youth. Take the Power of Us Survey today! www.powerofussurvey.org

04/29/2022

Do you want to use data to work smarter, not harder? How can data reveal inequities and help us find stronger solutions? Learn more during a free, virtual event from Every Hour Counts: Data Symposium: Putting Data to Work for Young People on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, 12-4:30 PM ET. Join us to strategize how to collect, analyze, and use data to advance racial equity and drive continuous improvement in your community. Register Today: https://conta.cc/3wwr9Sd https://www.dropbox.com/s/1dleu3vp9ou0h4n/EHC_FB_May4_2022_A.jpg?dl=0

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10/13/2021

Out-of-school time (OST) system providers, local agencies, schools, funders, families, and students all need up-to-date, accurate data about afterschool programs to make decisions. Determining what data to collect, why to collect it, and how to use it is key to making OST programs work for everyone.

This tool and guidebook from the Wallace Foundation offer a framework for assessing afterschool systems, the programs within them and youth outcomes.

12/30/2020

At the close of 2020 and every year - we recognize how fortunate we are to work and learn alongside all of you. This year we are sending a special thank you to Kristin Romens, who is stepping back from her role of Partner of The Learning Agenda, for her many years of leadership. With this change, Hillary Oravec and Kristin Romens recognized a new opportunity for commitment to TLA’s home community of Akron, Ohio. As of 2021 and moving forward, The Learning Agenda will dedicate 10% of proceeds to the Lebron James Family Foundation. We hope this is only the beginning of a long lasting partnership to dedicate time, resources, and talent to support the Foundation’s innovative and pivotal education and family-focused programming.

Thank you, Kristin. We are excited to stay connected as you continue to lead health and human services grantmaking initiatives for the The Pew Charitable Trusts.

12/22/2020

A new RAND report from The Wallace Foundation's National Summer Learning Project finds that academic benefits persisted for high attenders: https://bit.ly/3oXJX5N

You can access evidence-based resources to plan a high-quality program by visiting summerlearningtoolkit.org.

Your source for research and ideas to expand high quality learning and enrichment opportunities. Supporting: School Leadership, After School, Summer and Extended Learning Time, Arts Education and Building Audiences for the Arts.

12/04/2020

We're closing out our week by reflecting on some of the most impactful moments from the WT Grant Foundation 2020 research convening. Dr. Aldon Morris - 2021 President of the American Sociological Association discussed the pivotal and often uncelebrated role of children, youth, and young adults in social movements that result in policies of disruption. Dr. Morris pointed out that "Young people are the soldiers who drive social movements," and are therefore, "the engines that drive social change." The reasons why: they are relatively idealistic, economically free, and have more discretionary time.

WT Grant Foundation President Adam Gamoran reflected how - as compared to soldiers of war into which young adults are enlisted - young people are able to choose their social movements. It was an important moment of inspiration and connection to our collective work of (and all learning) - to promote culturally responsive, rigorous, and relevant learning that empowers youth create change, and exercise their agency and voice in powerful ways.

Thank you Dr. Morris and WT Grant Foundation for the opportunity to annually collaborate on this gathering of leading minds working to reduce inequality through impactful research and policy.