Toggle Mobile Menu

Explore our impact areas and learn about our grantees.

Updates

Early Childhood Development|January 16, 2025

As Congress Considers Major Cuts to Medicaid, New Report Sheds Light on Role Medicaid Fulfills for Small Towns, Rural Communities

As Congress considers major cuts to Medicaid, a new Georgetown University Center for Children and Families report sheds light on how Medicaid plays a larger role in providing health coverage to people living in small towns and rural communities than it does in metropolitan areas, a trend that is particularly striking among children.

Data Science Education|January 16, 2025

Webinar Brings Together Leading Voices in Education Equity and Data Science

Join Data Science 4 Everyone for a transformative discussion on democratizing data literacy in K-12 education. As data science becomes an essential skill for 21st-century success, every student deserves the opportunity to develop data literacy skills, regardless of their zip code. This webinar brings together leading voices in education equity and data science to explore how we can make data education accessible to all students.

Early Childhood Development|December 5, 2024

The Prenatal-to-3 (PN-3) Policy Impact Center Releases its 2024 State Policy Roadmap

PN-3 unveils its fifth annual State Policy Roadmap, a comprehensive guide outlining evidence-based policies and strategies to improve outcomes for young children. This resource tracks states' progress on 12 effective policies, offering state leaders actionable recommendations to enhance child and family well-being.

Data Science Education|October 21, 2024

Opinion: Outgoing NCTM President Urges Need for Data Science, Data Literacy Education in K-12

New op-ed in The Hechinger Report from outgoing President of National Council of Teachers of Mathematics - NCTM urges the need for data science and data literacy education in K-12.

Data Science Education|September 24, 2024

Outlier Research & Evaluation Releases Findings From Study of Utah Data Science Pilot

Year-long study of a data science pilot in the state of Utah identifies key features of four data science curricula, along with motivations, barriers, and supports for participating teachers and students.

Environmental Innovation|July 24, 2024

VIDEO: EDF’s Millie Chu Baird Shares How MethaneSat is Helping to Slow Climate Change

Environmental advocate and Mission Impact Lead for MethaneSat, Millie Chu Baird, details the heat-trapping side effects of a planet full of methane and explains why understanding where it comes from and taking steps to reduce it is the single most important thing we can do to affect climate change in our lifetimes.

Data Science Education|July 4, 2024

Do We Need a ‘Common Core’ for Data Science Education?

Data literacy is increasingly critical for many jobs in science, technology and beyond, and so far schools in 28 states offer some sort of data science course. But those classes vary widely in content and approach, in part because there’s little agreement around what exactly data science education should look like.

K-12 Education|July 1, 2024

VIDEO: About Imagine Worldwide and and its Latest Progress in Malawi

Learn more about Imagine Worldwide and its latest progress in Malawi where the government formally committed to expanding the Imagine program to every primary school in the country. The countrywide implementation is expected to serve nearly 3.5M children annually at full scale by 2028.

Data Science Education|June 30, 2024

Call for Proposals: Submit Your Ideas for the 2025 DSE-K12 Conference

If you are an educator, researcher, content and/or tool developer, school leader or policymaker excited to share ideas, learn from colleagues, and jointly pave the way towards robust data science education and data literacy opportunities for K-12 learners, then this inaugural conference is for you. The theme for the 2025 DSE-K12 Conference is Addressing the Human Dimensions of Data.

Data Science Education|June 20, 2024

Second-Year Surge: After the AP Data Science Challenge Captivates 9,000+ Students

In its second year, the After the AP Data Science Challenge exploded in popularity, highlighting the desire from high school students to learn data science. In collaboration with Data Science 4 Everyone at The University of Chicago, CourseKata, and North Carolina State University Data Science Academy, Skew the Script — a nonprofit education initiative led by a consortium of AP Statistics educators — first organized this national competition for high school students following their AP examinations in 2023.