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Fall Update: Creating Centers for Learning
Art has the capacity to transform society, and a vibrant cultural landscape enriches our community immeasurably. The Koret Foundation’s commitment to the arts has been a cornerstone of our work over the past nearly 50 years.
Teach for America: Training new teachers in real time
Koret staff had the opportunity to observe TFA’s summer teacher training institute and gain greater insight into how they prepare new teachers for the challenges and opportunities of the school year.
Summer Update: Art as a Tool for Understanding
Art has the capacity to transform society, and a vibrant cultural landscape enriches our community immeasurably. The Koret Foundation’s commitment to the arts has been a cornerstone of our work over the past nearly 50 years.
Winter Update: Celebrating Learning and Community
Koret’s values of learning (limmud) and community (kehillah) feel particularly important as the year draws to a close. It’s a perfect time to reflect on how our grantees embody these values and are working to build a brighter future.
College Track: Building the Next Generation of Professionals through Persistence and Community
The Koret Foundation has supported College Track for over twenty years and shares its belief that a strong education leads to meaningful career paths, economic mobility, and greater personal freedom.
Koret study finds Jewish preschool ‘deserts,’ high tuition costs, staff retention are key issues
A new research study supported by Koret Foundation, Rosov Consulting, and EarlyJ, “Exploring the Jewish ECE Ecosystem,” was shared with more than 180 participants across three locations last month. The findings from the research are available in full to the public.
Exploring the Jewish ECE ecosystem in the San Francisco Bay Area: Download the full report
Koret, in partnership with EarlyJ and Rosov Consulting, conducted a study to assess the state-of-play for Jewish ECE in our region. We have chosen to provide open access to the research in hopes that it will help practitioners, locally and beyond, make better informed grants toward expanding access to and increasing the quality of Jewish ECE programs.
Koret Fall Update: Back to School
As a new school year begins, Koret is inspired by the work of our education and civics grantees, whose passion and drive for change push them to continually discover new opportunities for growth and better serve the next generation.
Using data to guide strategic grantmaking in Jewish early childhood education
“Understanding the needs of young families, educators, and other factors in the marketplace is critical to making strategic future investments that will help our communities thrive across generations.” Co-authored by Koret’s Danielle Foreman for eJewish Philanthropy, this op-ed uses data-driven findings to better serve the Jewish early childhood education marketplace.
Nervous about election results? You should be. Americans hardly know anything about civics
“If children don’t have civic opportunities where they live and we aren’t teaching them the fundamentals of democracy, then how can we expect them to protect it as adults?” Koret’s Ashley Rodwick reflects on the future of US civics education in this op-ed originally published in the San Francisco Chronicle.
Koret Winter Update: Supporting local veterans and their families
Koret recently renewed its commitment to local veterans with a $1.5 million investment in the Koret Veterans Initiative over three years. First launched in 2019, this initiative helps Bay Area veterans address barriers to success.
Koret Fall Update: Investing in civics education and in Jewish Peoplehood
An educated citizenry is key to a well-functioning democracy. Only through robust civic education can we ensure a stable, democratic future. That’s why Koret launched a $3.7 million Civic Learning Initiative to ensure that K-12 civic education across the Bay Area is engaging, robust and impactful.