Building a future where children and families thrive

3, 2024, CPPR hosted a second Alternatives Futures for Kansas workshop, this time for middle school students in Lawrence, Kansas. With Dani Lotton-Barker, Southwest Middle School educator, and Bonnie Johnson, director and professor in Urban Planning Program within the University of Kansas School of Public Affairs and Administration, CPPR facilitated...

Jackie Counts and Associate Director Janine Hron recently sat down with the Achievement and Assessment Institute for a featured interview on CPPR’s approach to futures thinking. They discuss the influences, tools, and partnerships that have shaped CPPR’s strategies in applying foresight to our overall mission and project work. The conversation...

Jackie Counts and Assistant Director Jessica Sprague-Jones recently published a blog series with Emerald Group Publishing on the strategies researchers can use to approach policymakers and disseminate their research. Counts and Sprague-Jones, who each have experience as researchers engaging those who influence and make policies, share how to apply strategic...