Associate Members
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The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) and the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) merged in early 2023 in a strategic pairing bringing together ISTE’s expertise in innovation and technology with ASCD’s experience in research-based pedagogy. ISTE+ASCD inspires educators worldwide to use technology to innovate teaching and learning, accelerate good practice and solve tough problems in education by providing community, knowledge, and a framework for rethinking education and empowering learners. Through the ISTE Standards, evidence-based professional learning, virtual networks, practical guidance and thought-provoking events, ISTE+ASCD inspires the creation of solutions and connections that improve opportunities for all learners.
American Public Television is a syndicator of high-quality, top-rated programming to the nation’s public television stations. Founded in 1961, APT distributes 250 new program titles per year and more than one-third of the top 100 highest-rated public television titles in the U.S. APT’s diverse catalog includes prominent documentaries, performance, dramas, how-to programs, classic movies, children’s series and news and current affairs programs. APT also licenses programs internationally through its APT Worldwide service and distributes Create®TV — featuring the best of public television's lifestyle programming — and WORLD™, public television’s premier news, science, and documentary channel.
America's Public Television Stations is a nonprofit membership organization ensuring a strong and financially sound public television system and helping member stations provide essential public services in education, public safety, and civic leadership to the American people. Its affiliate APTS Action, Inc. promotes the legislative and regulatory interests of noncommercial television stations at the national level through direct advocacy and through grasstops and grassroots campaigns designed to garner bipartisan political support. The public television system is comprised of 158 licensees operating 356 public television stations across America and serving more than 97 percent of the American people. About half of these licensees are nonprofit community foundations. The rest are State, university, and local school district licensees. All are locally owned, locally operated, and locally oriented in their programming and community services, and all share a mission of serving everyone, everywhere, every day for free – including in places where no model for commercial success exists.
ARTE's mission is to provide therapeutic artistic engagement as a means of connecting while creating culturally competent dialogue and engaging individuals of all ages and backgrounds, with a particular focus on corporate, youth, and community engagement. They aim to foster a sense of community and well-being through the arts and to make these experiences accessible to all through our non-profit organization.
Black Public Media supports the development of visionary content creators and distributes stories about the global Black experience to inspire a more equitable and inclusive future.
Fred Rogers Productions was founded by Fred Rogers in 1971 as the non-profit producer of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood for PBS. In the years that followed, it created hundreds of episodes of this much-loved program and extended Fred’s values and approach to other efforts in promoting children’s social, emotional, and behavioral health while supporting parents, caregivers, teachers, and other professionals in their work with children. Fred Rogers Productions continues to build on Fred’s legacy in innovative ways through a wide variety of media and engages new generations of children and families with his timeless wisdom. The company’s highly rated children’s series, including Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, Peg + Cat, Odd Squad, and Through the Woods, have earned 30 Emmy®️ Awards among other important honors. The company’s latest series are Donkey Hodie, the innovative puppet series inspired by characters from Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, and Alma’s Way, an animated series created by Sonia Manzano. Fred Rogers Productions strives to inspire a lifelong enthusiasm for learning through its series as well efforts beyond broadcast including games and digital offerings, community engagement activities, and much more.
The Grable Foundation is guided by its mission to help children and youth become independent, caring, contributing members of society by supporting programs critical to children’s successful development.
Grand Valley State University College of Education and Community Innovation is the first academic college in the nation to unite the transformative power of education, social work, criminology, philanthropy, and legal studies with the community engagement of hospitality, health, nonprofit, and public management and policy. They are dedicated to developing well-rounded and high-quality administrators, educators, social workers, paralegals, peace officers, counselors, community organizers, and civil servants through active, experiential, and community-based learning. Their multidisciplinary environment will incubate innovative approaches to building healthy communities, promoting equity and social responsibility, and providing quality research and data.
Remake Learning is a free peer network for educators and innovators in the greater Pittsburgh region. The network helps people connect, exchange knowledge, collaborate on new ideas, improve their practice, and find funding to spark more engaging, relevant, and equitable opportunities to enrich Pittsburgh’s learning ecosystem.
Victory Strategies is a leadership training and coaching firm comprised of elite practitioners, such as elite military members, Fortune 500 executives, high impact entrepreneurs, and top performing athletes. They improve organizational culture, alignment, and efficiency through leadership development training and team engagement.
What began as a film archive to conserve and document Native American stories, transformed into the nation’s leader in content by and about Indigenous people for public broadcasting. Vision Maker Media works with Native producers to develop, produce, and distribute programs to educate audiences. They empower Native youth to grow up with stories that represent their backgrounds and with figures that embody their culture. Vision Maker Media generates important public conversations about present-day Native issues and sheds a long-overdue light on the foundation of American history through Native American stories.
For more than six decades, WETA has been a content powerhouse for PBS, creating exceptional television programs for audiences nationwide. WETA Washington, D.C., is the second-largest producing station for public television in the United States, with news and public affairs programs including PBS News Hour and Washington Week with The Atlantic; films by Ken Burns and Florentine Films, such as The U.S. and the Holocaust, The American Buffalo, and the forthcoming Leonardo da Vinci and The American Revolution; series and documentaries by Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., including Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Making Black America: Through the Grapevine, and GOSPEL; health content from Well Beings, a multiplatform campaign featuring engagement events and digital and broadcast content, including the upcoming Caregiving documentary executive produced by Bradley Cooper; and performance specials including The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.