Increasing Student Success Roles
The Problem
There are discrepancies in student outcomes across the public education sector. Data from recent years has shown student outcomes at the majority of schools nationwide have yet to return to pre-COVID-19 levels.
The Solution
Support the efforts of organizations that provide direct services that increase student success by prioritizing high-impact tutoring and mentoring, particularly for students who need it most.
Summary
A robust evidence base shows that high-impact tutoring and mentoring lead to improved performance in multiple areas important to students’ success, such as academic learning, engagement levels, and attendance. Along with these traditional measurements and goals, high-impact tutoring and mentoring can also have the added impact of encouraging social-emotional learning, which can be a way to address issues of equity, including those worsened by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Relevant Foundation Activities
Partnership for Student Success Community Collaboration Challenge
The Leon Lowenstein Foundation supports the Partnership for Student Success and its Community Collaboration Challenge, which distributes minigrants to support collaboration amongst various groups, including, but not limited to, non-profit organizations, schools, and local government leaders who have an interest in connecting with their communities and other groups to provide wraparound services for students who would otherwise be unserved.
Arizona State University: Student Success Coaching
With the support of the Leon Lowenstein Foundation, Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation is able to provide open access to its Student Success Coach training. This training comprises a set of 12 nanocourses in subjects that help community members in Student Success Coach roles become better equipped to respond to the diverse needs of students as they arise. You can read more about or access the training at this link.
Other Items of Interest:
- The Future of Smart: Episode 8 with Andy Calkins, Nicole Allard and Stewart Hudson, Grantmakers in Education
Interview featuring Stewart Hudson, the executive director of the Leon Lowenstein Foundation, about our education grantmaking.
Find our complete education focus area strategy below:
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