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Insights
What we've learned. What we're learning. And observations on our work.
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Key Insights
![Three black and white students sitting in a classroom at a desk, one of them, a girl, is holding a pencil and writing](/sites/default/files/intelligencebank/20230727_RochesterDay2-131.jpg)
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
![A dancer with PHILADANCO!, a majority Black dance group, performs in Philadelphia in 2023](/sites/default/files/2023-10/DSC00286-1.jpg)
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
![Art students in a classroom, all sittings with both their hands out, as if dancing](https://cdn.intelligencebank.com/us/share/LBZNBD/a79no/KKjv6/preset=Bn6ON/FINAL_4104.jpg)
Every young person deserves to learn about and make art. Schools and nonprofits can ensure that happens.
Arts Education
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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
![Milton gardening](/sites/default/files/2023-10/SEL-Insights-hero.jpg)
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
![Courageous sailing, teachers, kids sailing](/sites/default/files/2023-10/Courageous%20Sailing-2736x1824.jpg)
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
Khadega Mohammed of the Arab-American National Museum explains how her organization is working to better understand its community’s needs and developing programs to help meet those needs.
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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