WELCOME TO THE

Challenge Success Resource Center

Explore tools and strategies to increase student well-being, engagement, and belonging in your K-12 school.

arrow
teacher and student

Explore Our Free Resources

  • FILTER BY AUDIENCE

  • FILTER BY TOPIC

  • FILTER BY TYPE

  • MEMBERS ONLY

Tips & Advice | Tools In Use

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.

Blog Posts A group of university students using smartphones while standing in a library.

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.

Tips & Advice | Tools In Use k-12 affirmation card deck

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.

Tips & Advice | Tools In Use

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!

Research & Articles | Research Briefs

2024 Student Voice Report

The report uses quantitative and qualitative data to paint a detailed picture of student life across demographics and school types.

Tools In Use

SPACE Framework for School Change

Examples of changes schools make based on our research-based school change framework.

Tips & Advice

Time Management for Students

A tool to help students as they select courses and determine extracurricular activities for the year.

Podcasts | Student Created

Student Engagement – Student Advisory Council Podcast

Student Advisory Council members share about student engagement

Podcasts | Student Created

Student Mental Health – Student Advisory Council Podcast

Student Advisory Council members share about mental health

Podcasts | Student Created

Student Burnout – Student Advisory Council Podcast

Student Advisory Council members share about burnout

Podcasts

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.

Podcasts

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.

Podcasts

Why we need Black teachers

Travis Bristol, GSE MA ’04, talks about what it takes for schools to hire and retain teachers of color.

Podcasts

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.

Podcasts

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.

Podcasts

How disability intersects with race

Professor Alfredo J. Artiles discusses the complexities in creating inclusive policies for students with disabilities

Podcasts

Losing Sleep

Rafael Pelayo talks about why teenagers become night owls, the risks of sleep deprivation and the controversy over later school start times.

Podcasts

Taking the focus off of “screen time”

Jeff Hancock discusses the problem with limiting the amount of time kids spend online.

Podcasts

College in the time of COVID-19

Harry Elam talks about how higher education is responding to the coronavirus pandemic.

Page 1 of 2