Engaging High School Students in Evidence-Based Roles
Engaging High School Students in Evidence-Based Roles Special thanks to Read Alliance & Los Angeles Trust for Children’s Health for their contributions and feedback on this brief.
Navigating Pathways to Next
A resource guide for community-based organizations helping young people navigate transitions to college and work.
High-Impact Tutoring: Out-of-School Time Playbook
The Playbook aims to support OST providers and networks that support OST providers (e.g., afterschool networks, national affiliates, state service commissions) that are interested in expanding or beginning to offer high-impact tutoring programs.
Get Technical Assistance
Need Help? Get Technical Assistance & Partnership Support The Partnership for Student Success offers no-cost technical assistance to education nonprofits, school districts, schools, higher education institutions, states, and other public or nonprofit...
Districts Addressing Chronic Absence
Program Spotlights for Addressing Chronic AbsenseIn the 2020-2021 school year—the most recent year for which federal data is available—14.7 million students nationwide were chronically absent, nearly doubling pre-pandemic rates. Studies have shown that students who...
Get Involved
Get Involved Join Us to Support Young People to Recover and Thrive Ensuring our nation’s young people have what they need to thrive will require all of us. We invite individuals nationwide from young adults to retirees to support...
About Us
About Us Every student has the support they need to succeed and thrive.The Partnership for Student Success helps schools, educators, and communities connect all students with the comprehensive, evidence-based, people-powered supports they need to learn and achieve...
Free Online Training
Free Online TrainingComing January 2026! Three new postsecondary transition coaching trainings developed by the PSS Training Consortium: Supporting and Empowering High School Students to Support Their Peers with Postsecondary Transitions Paying for College - Next...
Near-Peer Program In Action: Step Up Tutoring
Near Peer Student Support Programs There are numerous approaches for promoting the overall well-being and success of P-12 students. Learn how older peers are supporting their younger students as tutors, mentors, student success coaches and more, in communities across...
Near-Peer Program in Action: Read Alliance
Near Peer Student Support Programs There are numerous approaches for promoting the overall well-being and success of P-12 students. Learn how older peers are supporting their younger students as tutors, mentors, student success coaches and more, in communities across...
Near-Peer Program In Action: Indio High School
Near Peer Student Support Programs There are numerous approaches for promoting the overall well-being and success of P-12 students. Learn how older peers are supporting their younger students as tutors, mentors, student success coaches and more, in communities across...
Near-Peer Program In Action: Cunningham Elementary School
Near Peer Student Support Programs There are numerous approaches for promoting the overall well-being and success of P-12 students. Learn how older peers are supporting their younger students as tutors, mentors, student success coaches and more, in communities across...
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Post-Secondary Transition Coaches
Support post-secondary exposure, college search and fit/match, college application creation, financial aid applications, and navigation of post-secondary transitions.
Academic Tutors
A form of teaching, one-on-one or in a small group, towards a specific goal. High-impact tutoring leads to months of additional learning gains for students by supplementing (but not replacing) students’ classroom experiences. High-impact tutoring responds to individual needs and complements students’ existing curriculum.
High-Quality Mentors
With training and support, facilitate a variety of youth development and enrichment experiences, help youth explore and affirm their identity, provide navigational support around school-to-work transitions, and buffer against adversity in-school, out of school, and over the summer.
Student Success Coaches
Form diverse teams in systemically under-resourced schools to partner with teachers to provide integrated, relationship-driven social, emotional, academic, and youth development supports to enhance student outcomes and create positive learning environments at the classroom and whole school level during and after the school day.
Wraparound/Integrated Student Support Coordinators
Enable schools to build strong connections and systems with community health, mental health, and social service providers. Coordinators put school climate plans and multi-tiered systems of support into action.
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