A Future Built on Belonging
At Zuni Pueblo, ZYEP is helping young people stay rooted in their culture and community through arts, athletics, and mentorship.
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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.
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Encouraging Trends in the Learning Ecosystem
What’s giving our partners hope in 2026? From rural innovation to youth civic power to the joy of reading, leaders across the learning ecosystem share the trends fueling their optimism.
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Learning Accelerates When Students Join the Feedback Loop
When students and families sat side by side with the same information, the quality of engagement changed dramatically.
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The Role of Poverty Reduction in Baby’s First Years
A new study indicates that poverty reduction boosts a baby’s brain. The intervention, called Baby’s First Years, found that following…
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Field Notes: Three key areas we’re following in the science of learning this year
As we move into a new year, Bezos Family Foundation Chief Science Officer and Mind in the Making Executive Director…
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Windows and Mirrors
Encouraging parents to be their child’s first teacher happens best with great books along for the journey. But what does…
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To Build the Brains of Every Young Child in New York, Start with Parents & Caregivers
Five years ago, the Children’s Defense Fund’s Marian Wright Edelman and I celebrated the role of parents and caregivers as…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Just Doing It
For the past 15 years in the early summer, 17 extraordinary young people from across the United States and Africa…
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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…
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