Insights
What we've learned. What we're learning. And observations on our work.
Key Insights
A citywide system of afterschool programs lets nonprofits, government agencies, program providers, and others work in sync. Result? Better programming for more young people.
Afterschool
The arts foster captivation, empathy, and strengthened social bonds. Arts organizations can introduce more people and communities to these and other gifts of the arts.
Arts
Every young person deserves to learn about and make art. Schools and nonprofits can ensure that happens.
Arts Education
Effective principals are essential to improving teaching and learning for all students. Districts and states can draw on proven ways to cultivate high-quality school leadership.
School Leadership
Empathy. Persistence. Self-control. Teamwork. These and other social-emotional skills help a child thrive. Schools and afterschool programs can nurture them.
Social and Emotional Learning
Summer can become a time of opportunity for every child. School district programs offering generous helpings of strong academics and enrichments are one way to make that happen.
Summer Learning
What We're Thinking About
Wallace works nationwide in dozens of communities. Find out what we’re hearing about the efforts and how we're making sense of it.
Observations
BlackStar, a film organization participating in Wallace's Advancing Well-Being in the Arts initiative, is working to create a new paradigm for nonprofit arts organizations and deepen the impact of its work without competing with other Black-, Brown-, and Indigenous-led organizations.
What We're Hearing
“We hope this report adds to the excitement of making schools more equity-centered by recognizing that leaders and those who support them have a great deal of work to do.”
Mark Anthony Gooden
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Teachers College at Columbia University
“With more challenging years ahead, theaters will need to continue data-driven experimentation to build on what works in a rapidly shifting environment.”
Teresa Eyring
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Theater Communications Group
“The vision…was trying to get every kid…to have a summer camp experience...have a great summer, and then be able to go back in the fall excited and ready to participate in school.”
A state leader
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from National Call to Action for Summer Learning report
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Ideas In Practice
Lessons from Rural Communities: How Two Districts Are Reinventing Summer Learning
February 19, 2025
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