by GripTape | Aug 27, 2018 | In The News, Uncategorized
Several times each year, we bring together GripTape youth to spend a weekend designing, iterating, and creating prototypes to help chart the organization’s future. In early June, five Youth Leadership Board members and five Challengers met for our first-ever...
by Catherine Holland | Jun 5, 2018 | In The News, Uncategorized
Guest post by Natasha Taylor, a recent graduate of Delaware State University who sits on the Youth Leadership Board of GripTape. Natasha completed her Bachelor’s of Arts in Mass Communication within three years. GripTape is an organization that lets go. We let go of...
by Catherine Holland | Jun 5, 2018 | In The News, Uncategorized
At the @Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, our work in education is predicated on the importance of comprehensive student development — which includes paying attention to and supporting students’ social, emotional, and physical needs. Mark Murphy, Delaware’s former education...
by GripTape | Jan 25, 2018 | In The News, Learner Agency
“Dad, I want a narwhal cake for my birthday.” “A narwhal cake?” “Yes, a narwhal cake.” I have a ten year old who knows exactly what he wants. “So you want a cake with a picture of a narwhal on it? The whale with the unicorn horn?” “First of all, there is no evidence...
by GripTape | Nov 20, 2017 | In The News, YLB
Design Day Minnesota. Delaware. Colorado. Maryland. And probably a couple of other states. Young people from across the nation came together in New York to continue some interesting conversation. GripTape asked its current board members and past challengers to...
by GripTape | Nov 13, 2017 | In The News, Learner Agency
If we are not learning, we are not growing. Mark Murphy knows firsthand that learning changes lives. His conviction is so strong that the former school principal and past Delaware secretary of education founded a nonprofit devoted to helping young adults become...
