America’s public schools were founded with a clear mission: to prepare each generation anew for the responsibilities of citizenship. Over the last year, YouthTruth, an initiative of the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP), set out to evaluate how well schools are...
Jen de Forest
LGBTQ+ Youth Deserve More — And Philanthropy Can Help
This post was originally published in July 2022. We re-share it now, not only because its message remains vital but because it continues to be critical that we listen to what students themselves share about their experiences and their needs. In the year since this...
Funders Take Note: Philanthropy Can Do More to Support Student Aspirations
Americans love a good success story and high school graduation season lends itself to tales of exceptional achievement as each spring brings a predictable stream of articles with clickbait titles like: “High school senior graduating two years early offered admission...
220,000 Students Want to Talk to You about Mental Health
Alarms are ringing about a youth mental health crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic, school shootings, attacks on LGBTQ+ youth, and a worsening climate crisis threaten the future of young people. All of this has dovetailed with an ever-growing pressure on students to achieve...
LGBTQ+ Youth Deserve More — And Philanthropy Can Help
I (Jimmy) pulled the brim of my baseball cap down and turned as far as possible towards the airplane window so I could hide my tears from the man sitting next to me in 22B. I don’t think I succeeded. How could I? I was watching Netflix’s new hit show “Heartstopper,”...