LEARNING FORWARD

Programs

1. Conferences, networks and online/virtual learning experiences -, institutes, and webinars support members efforts to improve organizational effectiveness, educator competency, and student success. Learning Forward's 2024 annual conference attracted 2,825 educators who, over the 4 days of the conference, attended over 250 sessions, gained new knowledge and skills, engaged in meaningful conversations, networking, and acquiring resources and tools to help them in their organization and school improvement work.academy - since 1991, there have been 42 academy classes with more than 1,800 academy graduate members. Each class has held 12-face-to-face sessions totaling 96 hours per class, equaling 3,936 hours of professional learning within the academy program. Each year, a new academy class graduates.

   $2,318,386 spent$3,210,713 earned by the program
   36% of program spending

2. - grant-funded projects - grant funded projects target particular initiatives focused on advancing the field of professional learning, improving organization and individual effectiveness and producing higher levels of performance for both educator, ind students. In fy 2024. Learning Forward received grant funds of $1,661,880 earned grant funds of $1,779,417 and has unearned grant funds of $695,615 as of june 30, 2024. - a. The charles & lynn schusterman family foundation provided a grant for federal policy and advocacy. - b. The bill and melinda gates foundation through the communities foundation provided grants to implement a continuous improvement framework across a network of 10 north texas middle schools. C. The wallace foundation provided a grant to Learning Forward to help disseminate wallace educational leadership knowledge and resources through publications and the annual conference. These resources will be used to help schools, districts, and states improve leadership development. - d. The wallace foundation also provided a grant to Learning Forward to manage the equity-centered pipeline initiative learning community. Learning Forward is responsible for developing,…

   $2,055,589 spent$3,158,578 earned by the program
   32% of program spending

3. Learning Forward consultants spent over 165 days in fy25, supporting 32 clients from 22 states, territories, and regional education associations, 1 university, 8 educational support organizations, and 20 unique school systems. In addition, Learning Forward assisted 15 school systems and regional education centers in evaluating the quality of their professional learning by administering the standards assessment inventory in 333 schools.

   $1,415,566 spent$2,720,938 earned by the program
   22% of program spending

4. Publications: publications increase the knowledge of educators on issues relevant to improving professional learning, accelerating school improvement, and elevating organizational effectiveness. Learning Forward publishes the learning professional, the Learning Forward journal, six times each year both in print and online.membership - membership in Learning Forward provides support, networking, learning opportunities, and publications, for all interested stakeholders, including teachers, building and system-level leaders, policymakers, service providers, and the public. Learning Forward's value as a leader in improving student achievement has allowed it to maintain a growing number of paid memberships that now exceeds 20,000 members.

   $684,911 spent$846,189 earned by the program
   11% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,474,452.