April 2026
The Partnership for the Future of Learning was a national, values-driven network of more than 800 organizers, advocates, researchers, educators, students, communicators, funders, and systems leaders from 487 organizations working to advance an equitable, democratic, and high-quality public education system.
Founded to fill a critical gap, the Partnership served as connective tissue for the field—bringing people together around a shared vision and the belief that strong relationships and collective action are essential to lasting impact.
After more than a decade of work, the network came to a close in April 2026. This transition reflected a changing national and education landscape, a more constrained philanthropic environment, and the growing challenges of sustaining values-driven collaboration in a time of heightened polarization.
Over its lifetime, the Partnership grew from a small group of funders into a diverse, national community. Together, partners co-created a shared vision for public education, built deep relationships across lines of difference, and developed resources that continue to shape policy, narrative, and practice.
The network’s contributions include:
- A high-trust, cross-sector community connected across roles, geographies, and perspectives
- Field-shaping resources, including widely used playbooks and frameworks that support aligned action
- Place-based collaborations that strengthened local coalitions and advanced community-driven change
- Narrative and convening infrastructure that supported shared strategy across story, policy, and systems
- A field more aligned around public education as a public good
- Stronger collective capacity to advance policy and practice rooted in diverse lived experience
Most enduring are the relationships formed—connections that deepened understanding, strengthened collaboration, and continue to carry forward a shared vision for public education.
The resources on this website come from the Partnership’s more than ten years of work in the field. Our sharing is guided by a commitment to stewardship: honoring the network’s vision, preserving its resources, and ensuring that what was built together remains accessible to others.
While the Partnership’s formal structure has ended, the people, ideas, and relationships it cultivated endure. We hope the work continues in new forms—that what was built here evolves, adapts, and contributes to a stronger, more connected effort to sustain and renew public education.