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Transforming Education for All

Stand Together Trust supports bottom-up solutions that address America’s biggest challenges, including how we learn and work.

Education should be personalized, helping learners discover their unique talents, build valuable skills, and apply them in ways that create impact. The workplace should empower individuals to grow and reach their full potential through learning and purpose-driven work, while employers should recognize talent-based skills, aptitudes, and motivation to contribute.

Join us at ASU+GSV 2025

April 6-9, 2025 | San Diego, CA

ASU+GSV Lounge Hours:

Monday, April 7: 9:00am-5:00pm
Tuesday, April 8: 8:30am-5:00pm

Monday, April 7th

10:00am – 10:30am PST

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

Lounge, Golden Hill A&B, Seaport Tower, 3rd Floor

10:30am – 11:00am PST

Meet and Greet with the Stand Together Trust Team

Lounge, Golden Hill A&B, Seaport Tower, 3rd Floor

11:00am – 12:00pm PST

The Classroom and the Real World Must Be One

Lounge, Golden Hill A&B, Seaport Tower, 3rd Floor

1:00pm – 2:00pm PST

The School Choice Revolution: Why Dems and Old School Reformers Should Support ESAs

Lounge, Golden Hill A&B, Seaport Tower, 3rd Floor

2:10pm – 2:50pm PST

Extraordinary Learning for All

Lounge, Golden Hill A&B, Seaport Tower, 3rd Floor

2:10pm – 2:50pm PST

America’s Employers: The New Engine to the Middle Class

Coronado B, Level 4

3:50pm – 4:30pm PST

Forging a Future-Ready Workforce: Bipartisan Strategies for Inclusive Growth

Harbor I, Level 2

Tuesday, April 8th

9:00am – 9:50am PST

Fireside Chat: Charting Pathways from Prosperity to Poverty in the Centennial State

Lounge, Golden Hill A&B, Seaport Tower, 3rd Floor

10:00am – 10:40am PST

Bringing the Liberal Arts Alive

Lounge, Golden Hill A&B, Seaport Tower, 3rd Floor

11:00am – 11:40am PST

Private Schools: Engines of Innovation or Accelerators of Risk?

Harbor I, Level 2

11:00am – 11:40am PST

The Golden Standard: The California Emerging Model for Skills-Based Hiring

Lounge, Golden Hill A&B, Seaport Tower, 3rd Floor

1:00pm – 1:45pm PST

Empowering Ownership: Strategies and Technology for Fostering Student Self-Direction

Lounge, Golden Hill A&B, Seaport Tower, 3rd Floor

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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Ditch the degree and unleash economic mobility

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