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Are you passionate about young learners in your community? Are you looking for ways you can get involved in a national initiative that supports community-based solutions for issues facing young learners and their families? Join the Early Learning Nation (ELN) Collective on September 19 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern Time to learn more about the Collective, its mission, and its upcoming work building up local community support for early childhood. Register now: https://ow.ly/hMjN50Tmxao

“We don’t know of any other organization in the country that has explicitly anchored around five developmental areas—purpose, identity, social-emotional learning, social capital, and career exploration—that are often introduced to young people in discreet ways, if at all.” ? Our continuing series ONE BRIGHT IDEA lets partners shine a light on an idea from the field that's fueling them forward. Up next: Yutaka Tamura from nXu Education on why purpose matters: https://lnkd.in/gYqPDGJJ

"The Center will support young people in co-creating the future they want to live in.” We’re deepening our investment in the future of young people through The Aspen Institute’s Center for Rising Generations. Here, Bezos Family Foundation President John Deasy shares how we're moving the work together further, faster. Read on our website: https://lnkd.in/gW4GPcB4

We are proud to announce a new partnership with The Aspen Institute to establish the Center for Rising Generations. ? Directed by national education leader Kaya Henderson, it will be the first endowed Center of its kind with a vision of making civil dialogue, civic engagement, and leadership development an integral part of the journey to adulthood for young people in the United States and around the world. ? Read details in the press release: https://lnkd.in/dbYdut5S

The pandemic’s babies, toddlers and preschoolers are now school-age, and the impact on them is becoming increasingly clear: Many are showing signs of being academically and developmentally behind. ? But researchers like our partner Dr. Catherine Monk at Columbia University and Rahil D. Briggs at ZERO TO THREE say there are reasons to be optimistic. ? Read more from The New York Times: https://lnkd.in/gravaap8

“Normally, young people sit on a panel to share their lived experiences, and then their role ends. But we kept youth at the center of the Summit, engaging and contributing in a variety of ways.” Find out how a youth-led dialogue and partnership paved the way for the first interagency White House Youth Policy Summit, where 90 young people and seven federal agencies discussed policy solutions to empower young individuals: https://lnkd.in/dwVXZy6f Supported by the Funders for Adolescent Science Translation (FAST): Annie E. Casey Foundation, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Ford Foundation, Hemera Foundation, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, Hopelab, Pivotal Ventures, Raikes Foundation, Spring Point Partners, and Stuart Foundation. #WHYouthSummit24

With the Aspen Ideas Festival in full swing, Anne Mosle, Vice President of The Aspen Institute and Executive Director for Ascend at the Aspen Institute, asked the question: “How do we create a society where children and families have deep connections, do not have an overwhelming sense that they must 'go it alone,' and feel that their community is rooting for them?” ? Her answer: social capital ? Check out some photos from her talk with Leseliey Welch, MBA, MPH, Co-Founder of Birth Detroit and Grace Bastidas, Editor-In-Chief of Parents, along with her thoughts on the importance of financial, intellectual, human, and social capital in transforming systems to support children and families: https://lnkd.in/gS3gZA_w #AspenIdeasFestival #AspenIdeasFestival2024

What’s ONE BRIGHT IDEA that drives your work? For Yutaka Tamura at partner nXu Education, it’s how purpose can serve as an internal north star for young people.

We’re proud to be a lead supporter of Robin Hood and Relay Graduate School of Education's Stronger Schools, Brighter Futures initiative, designed with an evidence-based, field-tested school leadership development model that?elevates student achievement.? Learn more about this rigorous training program, working to improve student outcomes in reading and math for all public school students in New York City:?https://lnkd.in/e8HQApmm

Adolescence is a crucial time for identity development, when the regions of the brain that facilitate the exploration of identity undergoes significant changes. Our partner, the UCLA Center for the Developing Adolescent is changing the narrative around youth stereotypes with science: https://lnkd.in/dAjcWp8M