Bringing education leaders together
We must all work together to advance solutions that help more students find successful pathways after high school. Our Education Roundtable—coordinated and facilitated by The Scholar First—features a diverse group of 40 students, teachers, principals, superintendents, statewide education leaders, education data experts, and nonprofit leaders aiming to do just that.
The Education Roundtable first met in November 2023. The Scholar First will continue to bring Education Roundtable members together to discuss and pursue the following goals:
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Create a common definition of postsecondary success, and draft indicators and strategies that align to this definition.
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Learn from student insights to identify solutions that will help more students experience postsecondary success.
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Anchor the work in data so Education Roundtable members can advocate for proven solutions.
Meet the members of our Education Rountable
Funders Network
We’re working with Philanthropy Northwest and College Spark to bring education funders in Washington state together to discuss emerging funding opportunities and identify where our resources could go further together.
Our first Education Funders Network meeting was held in December 2023, where funders agreed that they all have a focus on student success and wanted to learn from each other, understand what other funders are doing and what data they use to make decisions, and identify places where they can co-fund projects or collaborate.
The Funders Network will continue to meet in 2024 and look for these collaboration opportunities. The first meeting of the year will focus on discussing statewide education data and what policies and programs could help improve student outcomes.