EdNavigator
Project Title
For general support
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
12 months
Description
Getting students back on track after the pandemic will require families to understand how their children are currently performing in school. EdNavigator, a nonprofit organization founded in 2015 with support from the Corporation, provides high-quality education support to families from under-resourced and marginalized communities. Through this renewal grant, EdNavigator will (a) launch a free online parent guide available in Spanish and English, providing families nationwide with the same information and resources that navigators use every day, (b) refine and improve navigation support, and (c) incorporate lessons learned from on-the-ground navigation into well-designed research projects, emphasizing how communication and incentives can lead to positive outcomes at relatively low costs.
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Project Title
For general support
Date
Dec. 02, 2021
Duration
12 months
Description
As families nationwide navigate the late stages of the pandemic,EdNavigatoris redoubling its focus on building easily accessible, personalized education support for families, especially for those who are counting most on schools to open doorways of opportunity.EdNavigatoraims to play a critical role in our country’s educational recovery by creatively expanding its site-based navigation work, including new partnerships with pediatric caregivers and community organizations, and building high-impact navigation support services. Through this renewal grant,EdNavigatorwill develop research and innovation projects centered on the needs of families to understand how better information and support lead to better educational outcomes for families everywhere.EdNavigatorwill continue developing innovative partnerships to connectEdNavigatorwith more families, especially those with the most acute need for support. They will also expand their Education Check-Ins, complete 1,000 sessions by the end of 2021, and market this service to employers and schools.EdNavigatorwill also develop new tools and information that benefits families everywhere through targeted research projects.
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Project Title
For project support of the expansion and dissemination of the Kinda Guide
Date
Mar. 04, 2021
Duration
12 months
Description
In the middle of a pandemic, when the majority of children are wholly or partially learning from home, working parents are an increasingly important key to keeping children on track in schools. Yet parents have been trying to keep everything– school, work, home – afloat for more than eight months, under extraordinarily stressful conditions. Providing support toworking parents is critical – so that they can continue to bridge the gaps that remote and hybrid school have created. Since 2015, EdNavigatorhas focused on providing personalized, high-impact education support to working families. At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, EdNavigator rapidly introduced new forms of support as well, in an effort to direct useful information, advice, and activities to parents and caregivers nationwide. With Corporation support, they will continue to ease the burden on working families in a low-cost way through The Kinda Guide, a weekly online handbook available in English and Spanish thatoffers subscribers expert tips andengaging content for children’s continued learning.
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Project Title
For general support
Date
Jun. 13, 2019
Duration
6 months
Description
All parents want an excellent education for their children, but many parents find it difficult and confusing to navigate the public school system, especially when they are bombarded with information, choices, and responsibilities. In order for parents and students to stay on track toward success, they need support and counsel. Since its founding in 2015, EdNavigator has focused on providing personalized education support accessible to families from all backgrounds in order to help them navigate the public school system and in turn support their children’s success. EdNavigator partners with leading employers to bring expert “Navigators” directly to families at the workplace or wherever is most convenient for them. As advisors, Navigators help families find the right schools, understand their children’s progress, and support learning at home. Since its inception, EdNavigator has expanded to supporting families through eighteen employer partners across various sectors in New Orleans as well as piloting with a leading local healthcare company in Boston. With continued support from the Corporation, EdNavigator will deepen its work in these two key regions and share lessons from this work with other states across the country.
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Project Title
For general support
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
24 months
Description
The increased complexities of today’s education systems place new challenges and demands on parents and students and have a direct effect on their outcomes of success in school and beyond. Learning to navigate these systems can be a daunting task, especially when families lack the proper support and guidance. Founded in 2015, EdNavigator aims to increase access to high-quality education and provide support on understanding the functionality of education systems across the nation. EdNavigator has strategically partnered with 18 leading employers across several sectors in New Orleans and Boston, to provide families direct access to expert “Navigators” in their workplace. With a focus on parent and community engagement these Navigators help decipher the education systems to best ensure the families understand their children’s progress, how they can achieve academic success, and overall become more involved in their children’s educational journey. With continued support from the Corporation, EdNavigator will deepen its work in these two key regions and share lessons from this work with other states across the country.
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Project Title
For general support
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Efforts to support low-income students in succeeding academically have focused on broad actions and initiatives, but while such efforts to change the larger system are necessary, improving systems alone is insufficient. The K-12 system is dynamic and families are required more than ever before to strategically participate in the system on a regular basis in order to take advantage of its opportunities. Low-income families face day-to-day decisions that an intimate knowledge and intentional decision-making processes would solve. EdNavigator, an organization founded in 2015 with Corporation support, has emerged with a unique model that partners with employers to offer personalized support to their employees. EdNavigator operates in New Orleans and Boston, providing about 2,100 families with mentorship at their work place. With renewed Corporation support, EdNavigator will grow its partnerships and reach, continue to deliver high impact support, and share its insights and best practices with the field.
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Project Title
For general support
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
12 months
Description
Families are bombarded with information, choices, and obligations that begin with preschool and continue through college. With high demands on their time and limited support, many families find the school system confusing and frustrating, in particular in contexts where school choice is prominent. But in the absence of expert help, not all families can make the most of the choices available to them—or even understand what those choices are. EdNavigator is a nonprofit that partners with employers to provide personalized, hands-on educational support to their employees, pairing families with highly skilled Navigators who help them find the right schools, understand their children’s progress in school, support learning at home, and advocate for their children’s educational needs. After a successful initial pilot in New Orleans, EdNavigator is focusing on expanding their work on two fronts: (1) in New Orleans, by expanding to other industry employers, and (2) by launching in a second city.
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Project Title
For general support and project support for convenings on parent empowerment at the local level
Date
Jun. 09, 2016
Duration
12 months
Description
With high demands on families and limited support, many families find the school system confusing and frustrating. School choice is also emerging as an important tool for empowering parents and improving educational outcomes. But in the absence of expert help, not all families can make the most of the choices available to them—or even understand what those choices are. EdNavigator is a new nonprofit established in August 2015 with Corporation and other philanthropic support to help families get the best education possible for their children, by empowering them with affordable, high quality support from pre-K to college. After a successful initial pilot in New Orleans, EdNavigator will expand to reach more families and employers with further Corporation support. EdNavigator will also begin to build a community of practice amongst organizations across the country engaged in parent empowerment at the local level.