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Challenge Success Resource Center
Explore tools and strategies to increase student well-being, engagement, and belonging in your K-12 school.
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Faculty Reflection and Dialogue Resource
Creating a school where all students thrive starts with the adults. This free tool helps you spark meaningful conversations with your team about student well-being, engagement, and belonging.
Grant Funding Available to Create School Cell Phone Policies Centered on Student Voice + Well-Being
Apply for this unique Cell Phone Policy Cohort, a fully grant-funded opportunity for schools to leverage the Challenge Success Change Process to create cell phone policies that center student voice and well-being.
Affirmation Card Deck for K-12 Schools
Download these free cards to remind your school community about your values of well-being, engagement, and belonging.
Homework Guide
We have assembled some of our evidence-based practices and easy-to-use tools to help schools start rethinking homework. Download it for free here!
2024 Student Voice Report
The report uses quantitative and qualitative data to paint a detailed picture of student life across demographics and school types.
SPACE Framework for School Change
Examples of changes schools make based on our research-based school change framework.
Time Management for Students
A tool to help students as they select courses and determine extracurricular activities for the year.
Student Engagement – Student Advisory Council Podcast
Student Advisory Council members share about student engagement
Student Mental Health – Student Advisory Council Podcast
Student Advisory Council members share about mental health
Student Burnout – Student Advisory Council Podcast
Student Advisory Council members share about burnout
Want a Healthy College Kid? Start Now
Strategies parents can use to increase the likelihood that their kids will enter college healthy, confident, and whole.
Taking the Stress Out of College Selection with Denise Pope
Our research review finds scant evidence for the widespread belief that attending a “top tier” college leads to success in school and in life.
Why we need Black teachers
Travis Bristol, GSE MA ’04, talks about what it takes for schools to hire and retain teachers of color.
How making things can help students learn
GSE Makery Director Karin Forssell talks about technology in the classroom and the value of letting kids have the freedom to design things.
Does subtracting tests equal fair admissions?
Assistant Professor Ben Domingue and researcher AJ Alvero talk about their study showing a correlation between essay content and household income.
How disability intersects with race
Professor Alfredo J. Artiles discusses the complexities in creating inclusive policies for students with disabilities
Losing Sleep
Rafael Pelayo talks about why teenagers become night owls, the risks of sleep deprivation and the controversy over later school start times.
Taking the focus off of “screen time”
Jeff Hancock discusses the problem with limiting the amount of time kids spend online.
College in the time of COVID-19
Harry Elam talks about how higher education is responding to the coronavirus pandemic.