Initiatives

Initiatives

We aim to carry out innovative, high-impact initiatives designed to validate our unique model to address the most critical challenges facing our cities, states, and country.

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K-12 Public Education | Teaching and Learning

Reimagining the Modern Paradigm of Teaching and Learning

Civic Life | Social Cohesion

Engineering a New and Enduring Social Support System for Children and Families

Health - Diabetes Innovation

A decade later, we lack a generic version of insulin that is affordable to the communities that suffer from the disease disproportionately.

Vision For Higher Education

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Our Vision: Reimagining the Modern Paradigm of Teaching and Learning

Problem: Our team was focused on addressing the challenges of the highest need student populations in our K-12 schools.

Our Vision: Reimagining the Modern Paradigm of Teaching and Learning

  • Design an intervention that would accelerate the learning of this student population by a grade level every year.

  • Scalable within public elementary schools across the country. Does not depend on any significant policy changes to be realised.

Initiative: Ascend Initiative

Acend is a transformative new vision for what teaching, learning, and support looks like for our highest need students in American classrooms.

Health - Diabetes Innovation

A decade later, we lack a generic version of insulin that is affordable to the communities that suffer from the disease disproportionately in the US.

Civic Life | Social Cohesion - Engineering a New and Enduring Social Support System for Children and Families

Bonds of Union focuses its efforts in the Midwest, Mid-South, and Mississippi Valley regions of the U.S. In our current initiatives, we strive to improve the long-term educational, social, and economic outcomes for low-income children and families in Cincinnati. Our child- and family-centered approach emphasizes the need for both (a) long-term, interpersonal relationships and (b) coordinated, individualized services that are embedded within the pillars of home, school, and community. We offer a bold vision that is based on our fundamental faith in the goodness of people: given the chance, caring individuals will be willing to dedicate their time and energy to ensure that every child thrives. With this guiding principle in mind, we have designed dual initiatives to increase opportunity in Cincinnati:

The Family Advocate Model

We recruit Cincinnati-area families to develop meaningful, long-term relationships with selected students, beginning in early elementary school.

1:1 Accelerated Learning

Selected students participate regularly in online, individualised instruction with a live 1:1 Learning Coach, beginning in the fifth grade.