Building Learning Ecosystems The Future of Smart

“Look for the helpers” - this reminder is one of the many gifts offered to us by the children’s television personality Mister Rogers. Fred Rogers believed that a vision of peace is not just the absence of war or conflict; it requires building new ways of being grounded in love and compassion. He invited children and their adults to consider that they were part of building this kinder, more compassionate world. And he used his neighborhood - the onset version as well as his hometown of Pittsburgh - to illustrate what it meant to make these ideas real.

Join us for a conversation with Gregg Behr, Executive Director of the Grable Foundation in his hometown of Pittsburg, PA. Gregg is also co-author of the wonderful book “When you Wonder, You’re Learning: Mr. Rogers’ Enduring Lessons for Raising Creative, Curious, Caring Kids.” The book explores how the principles that informed Rogers’ TV show can be extended to create contexts in which young people and families can experience their communities as learning ecosystems.