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Foundation Strategy

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For Current Partners

• Download forms and instructions for reporting on progress, challenges, and listings, here.
• Visit the Featured Work section to learn more about Stuart Foundation projects and programs.
• Learn about grantee perceptions of the Stuart Foundation in the Center for Effective Philanthropy's Grantee Perception Report.

New Reports

Just released highlights from a first-of-its-kind pilot research project. Through linking child welfare and education data, this groundbreaking report presents an overview of how youth in care are performing in school in four California counties.

Two new reports from the California Connected by 25 Initiative highlight the “five big results” across the county sites, share insights to inform private and public investment in child welfare and present useful learnings and strategies from the Initiative with links to technical assistance materials and resources. View Reports

What's New

March 7, 2012
Job Announcement The Stuart Foundation has an open position for Chief of Staff, Office of the President

January 30, 2012
TOP-Ed Opinion: Foster youth deserve to be left out of Brown’s plan to combine categorical funds. Daniel Heimpel of Fostering Media Connections explains how vulnerable foster youth benefit academically from dedicated funding for Foster Youth Services.

January 10, 2012
Sacramento Bee Op-Ed: Let Educators Help Improve Teacher Quality. David Cohen and Sandra Dean, co-directors of Accomplished California Teachers, articulate policy reforms to engage teachers in their training, evaluation and professional advancement.

December 22, 2011
Video: Stewards of Change Symposium. Highlights from the foster care symposium jointly sponsored by Judicial Council's Blue Ribbon Commission on Children in Foster Care, the Administrative Office of the Courts and the Stuart Foundation.

December 17, 2011
Seattle Times: Treehouse Helps Foster Kids Branch Out. For more than 20 years, foster kids have shown up on Paulette Daniels' Central Area doorstep, usually with just a single bag in their hands.

December 15, 2011
CA Collaborative - Fresno-Long Beach Learning. This third brief examines in-depth the Partnership’s cross-district collaboration for mathematics and English learning instruction.

Featured Work: Becoming Visible

Through the stories of foster youth and educators, Becoming Visible marks these youths’ challenges to “be seen” at school and highlights how educators have supported their academic success.

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Featured Work: Peer Assistance and Review (PAR)

The Stuart Foundation strongly believes in examining what is already producing successful results in the education system. This study of San Juan and Poway Unified School Districts’ programs tells us that the peer assistance and review model shows promise for other districts in California.

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Featured Work: Big Picture Learning Company

More and more schools recognize that engaging students to learn and develop their critical thinking, communications skills and creativity is crucial for academic success. However, many of these schools lack guidance on how to evaluate and teach these vital abilities.

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