News and Highlights, Spring 2022
Grantee spotlight, recent partnerships, and staffing updates at Barra.
Grantee spotlight, recent partnerships, and staffing updates at Barra.
As promised, we took some time to reflect on a year that fundamentally challenged how we do our work. 2020 taught all of us that we can only plan so far ahead, which further strengthens Barra’s commitment to remain flexible and open to new approaches and ideas.
Lessons learned over the past year as we navigate a recovery from both COVID-19 and systemic racism.
Following a period of immediate emergency response in 2020 to the COVID-19 pandemic and the racial reckoning after the murder of George Floyd, we pivoted and repurposed the funds formerly designated for the Barra Awards to establish “Recovery and Response Efforts (RARE).” Read more about our RARE funding to date.
There’s no single definition of what is meant by an “innovative” approach to education. Successful innovation requires iteration and work to cultivate an environment where both students and educators are encouraged to take necessary risks and learn from their failures.
Barra will embark on a thematic review to look back across four Catalyst Fund-supported education models.
The nonprofit social enterprise based in Atlanta announced its expansion into Philadelphia.