The Future Is High School

High school is where opportunity starts to take shape, where pathways to economic mobility emerge, and where civic identity begins to form. In this conversation, Laurene Powell Jobs, founder and president of Emerson Collective, and Russlynn Ali, CEO of XQ Institute and managing director of the Education Fund at Emerson Collective, share lessons from communities where change is taking hold and what it takes to scale that work nationwide. They will explore what meaningful change requires: the right policies, innovative school models, and strong implementation. From competency-based learning to stronger measures of student readiness and clearer pathways to college and careers, they will examine how these changes will help ensure every student graduates prepared for what lies ahead.