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Transforming Education for All

Stand Together’s vision is to transform K-12 education so every student can discover and develop their potential and purpose in life. Our work focuses on shifting education from a one-size-fits-all system to learning that’s tailored to each student’s unique gifts, interests, and needs.
 
Part of the Stand Together community, Stand Together Trust connects social entrepreneurs and policy innovators with resources – funding, incubation, talent, and strategic support – to accelerate their impact.

Join us at SXSW EDU 2026

March 9 & 10, 2026 | Austin, TX

SXSW EDU Lounge Hours:

Monday, March 9: 9:00am-3:00pm
Tuesday, March 10: 9:00am-3:00pm

Monday, March 9th

11:00am – 11:30am CST

Explore Stand Together Trust’s Vision for the Future of Education.

Lounge, Hilton 602

11:30am – 12:30pm CST

Meet and Greet with the Stand Together Trust Team

Lounge, Hilton 602

2:00pm – 2:45pm CST

Main Stage Session–Civics’ Future: A Playbook for the Pursuit of Happiness

Salon C, Hilton

Tuesday, March 10th

10:00am – 11:00am CST

Unlocking Microschools: Philanthropy as a Catalyst

Lounge, Hilton 602

11:00am – 11:45am CST

Main Stage Session–Joyful Learning: Meet the Educators Creating the Schools Kids Love

Salon C, Hilton

12:00pm – 1:00pm CST

Continue the conversation with Kerry McDonald on Joyful Learning

Lounge, Hilton 602

Learn More About Stand Together Trust and Our Community

Stand Together Trust is a grantmaking organization dedicated to supporting bottom-up solutions that revitalize the key institutions of society: business, communities, education, and government. Stand Together Trust is a part of the Stand Together community, a philanthropic community tackling the root causes of America’s biggest problems.

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The school with no teachers, no grades–and remarkable results.

Modern life is failing kids’ mental health. Here’s how we change that.

Students at Alpha School finish their academics in two hours a day, rank in the top 2% on tests, and spend the rest of their time on passion projects like building businesses and coding self-driving cars. And their model is so popular, they’re opening schools around the country.

One-size-fits-all education doesn’t fit anyone perfectly. Here’s how self-directed learning is preparing students for a world that can’t be measured by a single test score.

Childhood anxiety has soared eightfold since the 1950s, and today’s kids are struggling. This Mental Health Awareness Month, psychologist Peter Gray explains why overprogramming could be to blame – and shares his surprising fix:

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Learning math at a skatepark? Welcome to school, reimagined.

They didn’t need a different subject. They needed a different setting. Here’s what learning looks like when it’s driven by passion:

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When schools don’t fit, some parents build their own.

One mom Googled “how to start a school.” What she built is now helping kids love learning again with confidence, choice, and agency.

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Ditch the degree and unleash economic mobility

Millions of jobs are left unfilled due to a gap between what colleges teach and what employers need. Opportunity@Work is leading a movement to hire based on skills, not degrees.

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