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2026 Legislative Debrief: Early Childhood & the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future
Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at 12:00 to 01:30 PM

Please join the Prenatal to Five and Education Funders Affinity Groups for a legislative debrief unpacking highlights from Maryland’s latest legislative session. The conversation will explore how legislative outcomes related to the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future and early childhood affect prenatal through secondary education and related supports for children’s behavioral health, child care providers, students and families.

Event type: 
Program
Audience: 
Education Funders
Prenatal to Five Affinity Group
Topic: 
Public Policy
Funding Area: 
Advocacy
Children, Youth, and Families
Expanding Apprenticeships and Credentials for Youth and Young Adults in Baltimore
Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 10:00 to 11:30 AM

The Blueprint for Maryland’s Future (“the Blueprint”) set a goal of 45% of public high school graduates completing the high school level of a Registered Apprenticeship or anot

Audience: 
Education Funders
Workforce Development Funders
Topic: 
Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative
Public Policy
Public/Private Partnership
Funding Area: 
Workforce Development
Focus on City Schools: Principal Pipeline Update
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 at 02:00 to 03:30 PM
Please note: this program is now fully virtual.

 

In September 2021, Baltimore City Public Schools announced it had been chosen as participants in The Wallace Foundation’s Equity-Centered Pipeline Initiative. Join Maryland Philanthropy Network’s Education Funders Affinity Group to learn more about how City Schools has embedded the work to strengthen and sustain principal pipelines and how these initiatives are developing principals who can advance their vision of equity and contribute to the academic success of students.

Audience: 
Education Funders
Topic: 
Focus on City Schools
Member Sponsored Briefing: Reimagining Maryland High School Schedules to Support College and Career
Monday, February 09, 2026 at 02:00 to 03:00 PM

Maryland is preparing to pilot new, career-connected high school scheduling models beginning in the 2026–27 school year and this moment presents an important opportunity for B

Event type: 
Member Sponsored Briefing
Audience: 
Education Funders
Workforce Development Funders
Topic: 
Public Policy
Funding Area: 
Economic Development
Workforce Development
Research
How Parenting Programs Lay the Groundwork for Children’s Learning Journeys and Family Thriving
Wednesday, January 21, 2026 at 10:00 to 11:30 AM

Maryland is home to a diverse array of parenting programs—each designed to support healthy child, parent, and family development in different ways. In this joint program of the Prenatal to Five and Education Funders Affinity Groups, funders will get a clear picture of the statewide landscape and learn how early childhood parenting supports directly influence children’s learning journeys, beginning at birth.

Audience: 
Education Funders
Prenatal to Five Affinity Group
Funding Area: 
Children, Youth, and Families
Conversation with Carey M. Wright, Ed.D., State Superintendent of Schools
Thursday, December 04, 2025 at 10:00 to 11:30 AM

Join Maryland Philanthropy Network's Education Funders Affinity Group for a conversation with Carey M. Wright, Ed.D., State Superintendent of Schools. This will be an opportunity to hear an update from Dr. Wright about education in Maryland and upcoming plans and priorities for the coming years.

Audience: 
Education Funders
Topic: 
Conversations with Leaders
Public Policy
Public/Private Partnership
Member-Sponsored Briefing: The Continuing Role of Strong Schools MD in Protecting the Blueprint’s Promises
Monday, October 06, 2025 at 02:00 to 03:00 PM

Please join us for a member-sponsored briefing on the continuing role of Strong Schools Maryland in protecting the Blueprint’s promises to Maryland’s children and how you can get involved in investing in the long-term infrastructure of education a

Event type: 
Member Sponsored Briefing
Audience: 
Education Funders
Topic: 
Public Policy
Public/Private Partnership
Funding Area: 
Advocacy

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