I never studied “whole child” education in a classroom, nor did I learn about it in my broad foundation training to be an urban superintendent. Instead, I learned about whole child from children: my own kids, and the 47,000 public school students in Sacramento (a.k.a....
Jonathan Raymond
Supporting Schools in Times of Disaster
As two former urban school superintendents, we know first-hand the challenges school districts face on a daily basis, and how trying to educate children can be compounded by the stresses and challenges that emerge from natural disasters and other traumatic community...
America: the Home of the Free and the Brave
This post originally appeared on Medium. “America, you great unfinished symphony, you sent for me, you let me make a difference. A place where even orphan immigrants can leave their fingerprints and rise up.” Two weeks ago, a couple of days after the presidential...
Reflecting on Power and the Funder-Grantee Relationship
This post originally appeared on Medium. Approaching the end of my second year as president of the San Francisco-based Stuart Foundation, which improves life outcomes for children through education, I’d been giving a lot of thought to the overall field of...