Back to School 2025

Back to School 2025: Building Stronger Family Connections from Day One

In this 3-part back-to-school blog series, we look at three topics important to engaging and supporting students, teachers, and families, to start the school year off right. 

Dr. Julie A. Evans is the CEO of Project Tomorrow and the founder of the Speak Up Research Project. Dr. Evans has a passion for helping education leaders embrace change and innovation and recognize the importance of listening to the voices of their stakeholders, notably students. She is a graduate of Brown University and earned her doctorate in educational leadership from the University of California, San Diego and California State University San Marco.  

For over 25 years, Project Tomorrow has championed collaboration and innovation in education, driven by a determined pursuit of “win-win-win” outcomes for our partners and stakeholders. Our mission has always been clear: to deeply understand the evolving needs of K-12 education and leverage its vast network of resources to develop impactful solutions that directly address the challenges faced by students, teachers, administrators and families. 

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