Our Coalition
The Partnership for Student Success is a dynamic coalition united by a shared mission: to ensure every student has access to the evidence-based supports they need to thrive.
We are committed to evidence-based solutions that support all students’ growth—with a particular focus on high-impact tutoring, mentoring, student success coaching, postsecondary transition coaching, and wraparound/integrated student supports. We also offer solutions networks that bring together diverse stakeholders to share bright spots, best practices, and strategies for overcoming the challenges students face. Through ongoing working groups, we provide regular support for each other, tackling critical issues that impact our students and amplifying the collective voice of those who are making a difference.
Join us in shaping a brighter future for all students. Our list of current opportunities – both networks available to join for free and active working groups – are listed below.
Our Networks
Supporting Champions
Supporting Champions are leaders from nonprofit organizations, philanthropy, state and local agencies, and state service commissions that inform and support the design, implementation, and learning of our work. The network convenes monthly to amplify bright spots and resources, share updates pertinent to informing the work, and support each other through challenges and problem solving.
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Community Collaboration Challenge
Since 2023, communities from 35 states and D.C. have received 66 awards through the Community Collaboration Challenge. This initiative provides $5,000-$10,000 micro-grants to communities, fostering collaboration to expand and pilot evidence-based, evidence-based student support programs.
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Higher Education Coalition
The Higher Education Coalition is a group of colleges and universities working to support their communities by placing more college students in high-impact jobs or volunteer positions as tutors, mentors, student success coaches, post-secondary transition coaches, or wraparound/integrated student support coordinators at local P-12 schools or out-of-school time programs.
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Attendance Solutions Network
This network helps school districts tackle chronic absenteeism, boost student engagement, and strengthen prevention strategies for the 2024-25 academic year and beyond. Through the network, districts gain access to a variety of supports through virtual events focused on addressing chronic absence and enhancing student engagement. This shared experience cultivates a strong sense of community and collective learning, making each participant an essential driver of the network’s success and progress.
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Our Working Groups
The Partnership for Student Success hosts a variety of working groups to provide collaborative space for stakeholders to come together and drive meaningful change. By sharing insights, best practices, and strategies, working group members share timely information, support their peers, and work collectively to address challenges and develop solutions.
Tutoring Policy
Led by Accelerate and the National Student Support Accelerator, this working group is a space for members to share information from their respective organizations relevant to tutoring policy, and hear from researchers and practitioners about strategies to address common implementation challenges.
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Supporting Students in Rural Areas
This working group convenes practitioners from higher education, nonprofits, and districts to discuss rural student support implementation, specifically utilizing college students as sources of people-power.
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Youth Development Practice & Pathways
Led by Knowledge to Power Catalysts, this group collaborates on efforts to bolster youth development practice and pathways, including training, nationwide.
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Every Day Counts
Led by Project Unicorn, this group focuses on improving school district access and utility of student attendance data to address chronic absence.
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Federal Work-Study
This group is a space for higher education and P-12 practitioners who engage FWS college students in P-12 student support roles to collaborate on new resources and share strategies to address common implementation strategies.
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