GripTape

As youth, parents, education professionals, weve experienced the role that passion and decision-making play in igniting young peoples pursuit of learning and the damaging impact their absence has. Again and again, weve heard from youth who talked about deep interests, goals, and plans but who were stuck in environments where they were told what, when, and how to learn at nearly every turn. GripTape grew out of these conversations and began blossoming in 2015. Our first official board meeting took place with several college and high school students from across the country hopping on a video call with staff to rally around a challenge: Young people feel like they are in the back seat of their education and learning. And with this single conversation, dreams were already forming as we imagined a world where all youth are seizing and driving their learning, and have the passion, supports, and resources to do it. In those first few meetings, we set a course to go after solutions! Sinc...