about us
Our mission is to improve access to some of our world’s most treasured places - inspiring curiosity, developing inquiry, and providing real-world learning connections for students.
Our North Stars:
Increasing opportunities for outdoors exposure and access.
In the United States, there are over 400 National Park Sites spanning all 50 states and yet “Hispanics and Asian Americans each comprised less than 5% of visitors to national park sites surveyed, while less than 2% of visitors were African Americans.” (David Scott and KangJae Jerry Lee)
Our programs work to change this by providing students the opportunity to learn from National Park Rangers and providing a window of access to the outdoors.
Early outdoor exposure has a lasting impact.
A 2017 report conducted by Outdoor Foundation found that when people were exposed to the outdoors as children, they were much more likely to participate in the outdoors in some ways as adults.
Our programs aim to provide exposure to some of our world’s most treasured places to spark curiosity about the outdoors and the world at large.
"Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors"
Professor, author, and scholar on multicultural children’s literature, Rudine Sims Bishop has written extensively about how books can unlock new worlds for students, we believe our programs focused on exposure to new places, ideas, and questions can have a similar impact. Rudine Sims Bishop expounds on this idea:
“Books are sometimes windows, offering views of worlds that may be real or imagined, familiar or strange. These windows are also sliding glass doors, and readers have only to walk through in imagination to become part of whatever world has been created…a window can also be a mirror…[transforming] the human experience and [reflecting] it back to us, and in that reflection we can see our own lives and experiences as part of the larger human experience.“
Inquiry-based learning is vital.
A Stanford study conducted on the relationship between inquiry-based learning, technology, and curriculum design points out that “participation in inquiry can provide students with the opportunity to achieve three inter-related learning objectives: the development of general inquiry abilities, the acquisition of specific investigation skills, and the understanding of science concepts and principles.” In other words, “ inquiry provokes active learning and student agency through questioning, consideration of possibilities and alternatives, and application of knowledge.”
Sparking curiosity and deeper levels of inquiry and exploration are key goals of our program.
At Post Pigeon EDU
We believe that...
Exposure & access go hand-in-hand.
Evoking curiosity about our natural world is the first step. Our programs are just the first step in an ecoystem of exposure, engagement, and experience. We believe a natural extension of exposing students to National Park Service sites and having them engage with sites virtually, is to encourage them to visit sites in person if resources are available. We want to encourage all students to experience the outdoors and connect them with the incredible organizations doing this work.
Curiosity should be nurtured.
Encouraging young people to ask questions and be curious about the world through inquiry-based learning activities is essential work.
You can't be what you can't see.
Representation matters. Young people seeing reflections of themselves in the professional world is important. Additionally, exposing students to career pathways they otherwise may not have discovered can expand minds and unlock opportunities.
Real world learning connections rock.
Seeing individuals applying knowledge students are learning about in school in their work is powerful. It can help answer questions like "Why am I learning this?" and connect classroom learning to the real world.
At Post Pigeon EDU
We believe that...
Exposure & access go hand-in-hand
Evoking curiosity about our natural world is the first step. Our programs are just the first step in an ecoystem of exposure, engagement, and experience. We believe a natural extension of exposing students to National Park Service sites and having them engage with sites virtually, is to encourage them to visit sites in person if resources are available. We want to encourage all students to experience the outdoors and connect them with the incredible organizations doing this work.
Curiosity should be nurtured.
Encouraging young people to ask questions and be curious about the world through inquiry-based learning activities is essential work.
You can't be what you can't see.
Representation matters. Young people seeing reflections of themselves in the professional world is important. Additionally, exposing students to career pathways they otherwise may not have discovered can expand minds and unlock opportunities.
Real world learning connections rock.
Seeing individuals applying knowledge students are learning about in school in their work is powerful. It can help answer questions like "Why am I learning this?" and connect classroom learning to the real world.
A note from our founders…
Hello!
Valerie and Bryce here.
We are beyond excited to have you here! Post Pigeon EDU sits at the intersection of some of our deepest personal passions of:
- Travel/Exploration
- Using tech to improve access to the world at large
- Connecting in-classroom learning to real-world experiences and opportunities
We feel incredibly lucky that this list above has served as our north star and fueled much of our adventure-seeking and luck-filled life. This list is also at the root of all that Post Pigeon seeks to build and bring to the world. We hope you’ll join us!
-Valerie and Bryce
A note from our founders…
Hello!
Valerie and Bryce here.
We are beyond excited to have you here! Post Pigeon EDU sits at the intersection of some of our deepest personal passions of:
- Travel/Exploration
- Using tech to improve access to the world at large
- Connecting in-classroom learning to real-world experiences and opportunities
We feel incredibly lucky that this list above has served as our north star and fueled much of our adventure-seeking and luck-filled life. This list is also at the root of all that Post Pigeon seeks to build and bring to the world. We hope you’ll join us!
-Valerie and Bryce
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