Academic Tenacity: Mindsets and Skills That Promote Long Term Learning

For busy families, navigating the education system can be intimidating. This is especially true today, because as education systems continue to grow, support for parents to understand those systems is not necessarily keeping pace. A nonprofit called EdNavigator launched in 2015 to help address this very challenge.

As part of a proud military family, I’ve moved to several new places—Florida, Louisiana, and Texas—and each time my family moved, I faced the challenge of transitioning to a new school.

COVID-19 has disrupted learning across the country and amplified already existing racial and socioeconomic inequities. Now more than ever, students who have fallen behind and are considering changing their plans for after high school because of the pandemic need enhanced support.