In order to create a strong and prosperous society, our education system must provide all learners with the skills and knowledge necessary to prepare them for school, work and life. We feel that student-centered learning approaches can help our society achieve this goal. To improve our collective prospects for the future, we must increase both awareness of student-centered learning approaches and the public will to implement them.

The Foundation provides support for efforts to:

• Educate communities about what student-centered learning is, what it means, and why it is important;
  

• Transform public perceptions and expectations of schooling and the educational system; and
  

• Grow public demand for student-centered learning by building strategic partnerships with other organizations and stakeholders to raise awareness in communities.

To learn more about 2010 funding opportunities in our Public Understanding initiative, please visit our Grant Guidelines page.