Priscilla Little

Senior Advisor

The Learning Agenda

Priscilla M. D. Little is a youth development evaluation and strategy consultant whose current clients include the Forum for Youth Investment, Sperling Center for Research and Innovation, The Learning Agenda, and illuminatED. Through these clients she has worked with private philanthropy, United Way, national and local youth-serving organizations, and local school districts. She has also participated in field-building efforts aimed at supporting young people’s social, emotional, academic, and cognitive development. Prior to these engagements, she oversaw The Wallace Foundation’s $15 million effort to assist nine cities in providing more high-quality afterschool programs through a coordinated systems approach The former Associate Director of the Harvard Family Research Project, Priscilla has been working in education and afterschool and conducting research for more than 30 years, with a particular emphasis on research and evaluation.