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Learning from Innovation
Designing for Students

Fig Education Lab collaboratively researches and designs initiatives to help all learners lead lives that are personally fulfilling, socially connected, and economically secure. 

What We Offer

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Holistic Services

We help organizations with research, evaluation and design projects. 

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Homegrown Programs

We create and launch programs that improve academic and life outcomes. 

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Who We Serve

We work with nonprofits, schools, and higher education institutions to design and research programs that help all students thrive.

 

We specialize in programs and organizations committed to closing gaps for under-resourced individuals. We have expertise working with young people living in poverty, bilingual students, rural youth, and students with disabilities.

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Data and research capacity building

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Postsecondary retention

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School relationships and culture

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Schools serving historically marginalized students

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Career-connected learning

Current Focus Areas

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Whole-School Wellbeing

This project explores what whole-school wellbeing can look like at two diverse public schools, with accompanying guides and recommendations.

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Using our Wellbeing Audit framework, Fig Education can help you identify assets and gaps in wellbeing at your school or youth-serving organization. 

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Read about what teens say promotes their wellbeing at school, and how organizations can better support middle and high school students. 

What We Are Excited About Right Now

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Clients and Collaborators

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Logo for SeekHealing, a nonprofit offering social health programs to combat loneliness and foster human connection
Logo for 4.0 Schools, an organization dedicated to creating an equitable and diverse education system that empowers families
Logo for New Schools for Virginia, an organization dedicated to expanding excellent K-12 educational opportunities
Logo for The ZONE, a community initiative in Northeast Spokane focused on addressing disparities and creating opportunities f
Logo for WGU Labs, an affiliate of Western Governors University, focused on innovative solutions in education and workforce d
Logo for Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College (A-B Tech), dedicated to education and workforce development
Logo for Luminary Labs, a strategy and innovation consultancy founded in 2009
Logo for Longwood University, a historic public university in Virginia dedicated to fostering citizen leaders through traditi
Logo for the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE), a non-partisan research center focused on innovative solutions to
Logo for Anna Julia Cooper School, a faith-based K-8 school in Richmond’s East End providing support and scholarships
Logo for a tuition-free, open-admission K-12 public school serving the greater Bremerton region, focused on empowering future
Logo for the Schaberg New Teacher Support Program, which provides mentorship and support for new teachers in Richmond Public
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We want to learn with you.

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