WHO: Robert Balfanz, research professor at the Center for the Social Organization of Schools and director of the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins School of Education.
WHAT: Balfanz, a leading expert on the high school dropout crisis, is available to discuss how the newly established National Partnership for Student Success will address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on student academic success and well-being. He can discuss evidence-based research showing the effectiveness of tutoring and mentoring programs.
WHEN: Balfanz is available this week. Contact Jason Lucas or Amanda D. Martorana at [email protected] to speak with Balfanz.
BACKGROUND: The Everyone Graduates Center at the Johns Hopkins School of Education will provide technical assistance for the National Partnership for Student Success. This new Biden Administration initiative is a public-private partnership with the U.S. Department of Education, AmeriCorps, and 70-plus leading youth-serving organizations. Over the next three years, the Everyone Graduates Center will collaborate with the initiative’s partners to increase the supply of high-quality tutors, mentors, and other student support personnel; establish voluntary standards of practice; and connect school districts with local providers of evidence-based student supports.
A link to the July 5 briefing on the National Partnership for Student Success is available here. Balfanz’s comments start around 59:20.
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