Children spending time making art
Children spending time making art

India's future is within reach — but not for all

We begin with what opens the world and with what makes children ready to enter it

Access through language.
Confidence through arts.

CONNECT

To universities, information, and opportunities at scale

ENGAGE

In dialogues across the globe

Live

Conversations and stories through feelings

AGENCY

To move from repeating the past to creating the future

CONNECT

ENGAGE

Live

AGENCY

CONNECT

To universities, information, and opportunities at scale

ENGAGE

In dialogues across the globe

Live

Conversations and stories through feelings

AGENCY

To move from repeating the past to creating the future

OPPORTUNITY BEGINS WHEN CHILDREN ARE CONFIDENT

OPPORTUNITY BEGINS WHEN CHILDREN ARE CONFIDENT

OPPORTUNITY BEGINS WHEN CHILDREN ARE CONFIDENT

To build that confidence to access opportunities, we start with English and arts – the two tools that open the widest doors to learning.

To build that confidence to access opportunities, we start with English and arts – the two tools that open the widest doors to learning.

THE INTERSECTION

THE INTERSECTION

English gives access. Arts gives agency. 

Comprehension becomes choice and choice becomes opportunity. 

English gives access. Arts gives agency. 

Comprehension becomes choice and choice becomes opportunity. 

Middle school is the moment when opportunity can still change direction

"You can be an excellent communicator, even if you don't sound like a native speaker or don't get all your sentences grammatically correct."

Read The Study

Read The Study

Read The Study

These are the years when children decide whether they can speak up or stay silent

These are the years when children decide whether they can speak up or stay silent

These are the years when children decide whether they can speak up or stay silent

If learning stops making sense, many will not return to finish school

If learning stops making sense, many will not return to finish school

If learning stops making sense, many will not return to finish school

Academic tracks and future aspirations depend on whether children can use langauges, not just memorize it

Academic tracks and future aspirations depend on whether children can use langauges, not just memorize it

Academic tracks and future aspirations depend on whether children can use langauges, not just memorize it

Habits of expression, curiosity, and courage are still open to change before fear becomes their identity

Habits of expression, curiosity, and courage are still open to change before fear becomes their identity

Habits of expression, curiosity, and courage are still open to change before fear becomes their identity

Come, Step2Words A Better Tomorrow

The Problem

The Problem

The Problem

The Impact

The Impact

The Impact

Educator Lab

Educator Lab

Educator Lab

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Step2Words Fellowship

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