Education
TEL Education brings high-quality, personalized learning to more students
TEL Education, a nonprofit organization specializing in online courses for high school students, aims to fulfill families’ desires for new educational models while ensuring all students have access to those options at an affordable price.
September 9, 2020
How families and students — not institutions — are innovating education
We recently spoke with Adam Peshek, a Stand Together Trust senior fellow, who covers a range of education policy issues, from education choice to innovative learning models.
August 28, 2020
Personalizing K-12 Learning to Meet the Needs of Students & Families
STT's Lisa Snell offers her perspective on how the ongoing pandemic may affect education, challenges of our current educational system, and how she’d like to see a “permissionless” system.
August 18, 2020
VELA Education Fund will develop and launch innovative learning experiences
Launched today, VELA — which means “sails” in Latin — will support and connect individuals and organizations that are innovating outside the lines to create alternative education solutions that recognize children as individuals.
August 4, 2020
Seven ways to make school reopening plans work for everyone
What if we didn’t have to settle on one reopening plan? What if we empowered schools, educators, and families to create mutual arrangements that work for everyone involved?
July 17, 2020
Education Opportunities: A Path Forward for Students in Tennessee
Freedom to Succeed Opportunities for Students in Tennessee In 2010, Tennessee moved to tie higher education funding to outcomes in order to raise educational attainment levels and assure the state’s workforce is prepared for today’s economy. Although the Tennessee post-secondary model has received national acclaim, the Volunteer State still has some of the most high […]
July 7, 2014