Meet Our 2026 Jackie Bezos Researcher in Residence
Introducing the inaugural Jackie Bezos Researchers in Residence — two scholars joining the Foundation to turn cutting-edge science into real impact for children, families, and communities.
Learnings
Our Partners and Programs in Action
Together, we’re putting what we know about how young people learn, grow, and thrive into practice and creating more opportunities for more of them to reach their potential. We’re honored to share some of their stories with you.
Featured Learnings
What Phones in Focus Research Reveals About Cell Phones in Schools
Two researchers at the forefront of the national conversation share what the data reveals, what it doesn’t, and why both matter.
Announcing Dr. William (Bill) Hite as the New President of the Bezos Family Foundation
We are pleased to announce that Dr. William (Bill) Hite, EdD, will be the Bezos Family Foundation’s new President.
All Learnings
Rewriting the Headlines on Literary Education
Tawana Jordan’s 24th year of teaching was unlike any other. The fourth grade Master Teacher at Burns Elementary-Middle School in…
Celebrating Changemakers with Big Ideas and Bright Futures
In a year like none other, Bezos Family Foundation program Students Rebuild decided to honor everyday heroes working to make…
Empathize, Design, Present and Grow
“The special sauce is that everything we do is focused on the student,” Aspen Challenge Director Katie Fitzgerald says. Fitzgerald has sat…
Learning to Fail Forward
For more than two decades, Seattle-based TAF (Technology Access Foundation) has been bringing project-based STEM opportunities to students of color…
Playful Learning Landscapes
Plaza. Piazza. Town square. The names may differ region to region, but they describe similar spaces: a place where residents of a…
Reframing Adolescent Risk-Taking and Resiliency
“Adolescence is something to be celebrated. It’s not something to be worried about.” That’s what drives Center for the Developing Adolescent (CDA) Co-Executive…
Just Doing It
For the past 15 years in the early summer, 17 extraordinary young people from across the United States and Africa…
Stepping up for Families During Covid
Before Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors (AP-OD) launched in 2007, staff took the time to listen to the needs of Latino families…
Supporting Multilingualism From Day One
In the United States, approximately one in four children age zero to five live in homes where English is not…
A National Call to Action
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unique challenges to education policy work, including funding cuts to early childhood programs that have…