EDUCATION

BACKGROUND

Establishing an environment that encourages learning at every life stage produces inquiring minds and intellectually engaged citizens. Lifelong learning also opens doors to greater opportunities and contributes to a higher quality of life.

STRATEGY

Piper Trust supports programs that establish an environment of learning at an early age, provide adolescents with real-life learning opportunities, and encourage ongoing learning throughout life. Grantmaking in the Education program area reinforces objectives and strategies in the Children and Older Adults categories.

Better early learning environments. Piper Trust works to ensure that children enter kindergarten ready to learn by supporting programs that improve children's access to quality early learning environments and enhance preschool education. Trust funding focuses on training early education providers and on how curriculum can be improved and potentially standardized.

Academic enhancements for youth. Piper Trust funds programs to help struggling students and promote academic success through programs in out-of-school settings. Scholastic improvements for school-age children include tutoring and academic enhancement programs to help students perform better academically and gain social supports to be more successful. The Trust supports residential and community academic programs to help at-risk youth, as well as programs to ease access and transition to college.

Strengthen lifelong learning opportunities. The Trust supports learning opportunities that empower older adults to become more involved in their communities and participate in learning activities to remain mentally engaged.

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