Our Story
Our Story
Advancing the best education for the students who need it most.
MISSION
VISION
Advancing the best education for the students who need it most.
MISSION
VISION
Local Wisdom for Local Schools
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By remodeling education from the community up, we can re-engage students and prepare them for life in the 21st century – because the future health and prosperity of our society demand something different.
We focus on serving the students who have not been successful in traditional school settings. We know that these teenagers are more likely to make choices that can foreclose on their future. As obstacles to academic success increase, students turn to low-wage, low-skill jobs to help support themselves and their families rather than participating in activities that could open the door to a more prosperous future. For these students, the tradeoff between meeting short-term family obligations and long-term career preparation often comes down to an economic imperative where today’s needs overshadow tomorrow’s opportunities.
Future Focused Education is working to eliminate this tradeoff by transforming education and schools so they are responsive to the realities faced by many students and can connect students to college and career.
Future Focused Education began in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a region where high school completion and transitions into college and careers prove a particularly difficult path for many young people, especially youth of color and underprivileged youth.
In 2013, Future Focused Education founded the Leadership Schools Network, a network of industry-focused charter schools in Albuquerque that re-engage students who have been underserved by the traditional school system. Future Focused no longer facilitates the network, but supports each school’s mission and autonomy.
Future Focused Education’s work has since expanded to focus on work-based learning and X3 paid internship programs, assessment reform and capstone pathways, social-emotional learning, and educational equity.
By remodeling education from the community up, we can re-engage students and prepare them for life in the 21st century – because the future health and prosperity of our society demand something different.
We focus on serving the students who have not been successful in traditional school settings. We know that these teenagers are more likely to make choices that can foreclose on their future. As obstacles to academic success increase, students turn to low-wage, low-skill jobs to help support themselves and their families rather than participating in activities that could open the door to a more prosperous future. For these students, the tradeoff between meeting short-term family obligations and long-term career preparation often comes down to an economic imperative where today’s needs overshadow tomorrow’s opportunities.
Future Focused Education is working to eliminate this tradeoff by transforming education and schools so they are responsive to the realities faced by many students and can connect students to college and career.
Future Focused Education began in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a region where high school completion and transitions into college and careers prove a particularly difficult path for many young people, especially youth of color and underprivileged youth.
In 2013, Future Focused Education founded the Leadership Schools Network, a network of industry-focused charter schools in Albuquerque that re-engage students who have been underserved by the traditional school system. Future Focused no longer facilitates the network, but supports each school’s mission and autonomy.
Future Focused Education’s work has since expanded to focus on work-based learning and X3 paid internship programs, assessment reform and capstone pathways, social-emotional learning, and educational equity.