UP Education Network
Project Title
For building organizational capacity to provide school turnaround support to school districts
Date
Mar. 10, 2022
Duration
8 months
Description
UP Education Network (UP) partners with families and communities in Massachusetts to transform the lowest performing public schools into thriving learning environments. UP currently serves more than 2,300 students across five schools and has achieved high growth rates with the lowest performing quartile of students in the network. Prior Corporation support enabled UP to study and documentthe strategies that have contributed to this success,with a particular focus on the role of socio-emotional learning in advancing student outcomes. Continued support will enable UP to disseminate these strategies and provide turnaround advisory services to schools and districts outside of the network at a time when it is most deeply needed by communities across the country.
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Project Title
For a project to study and replicate success in serving low-performing students
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
15 months
Description
It is essential to identify classroom approaches that support students in the lowest performing subgroup, and research points to socio-emotional learning (SEL) as a promising strategy for improving academic outcomes. UP Education Network (UP) partners with families and communities in Massachusetts to transform the lowest performing public schools into thriving learning environments. UP currently serves more than 2,500 students across six schools and has achieved high growth rates with the lowest quartile of students in the network. UP seeks to understand the strategies that have contributed to this success, with a particular focus on the role of SEL in advancing positive outcomes for students. With Corporation support, UP will identify and codify promising strategies for serving high need students and create implementation guidance for the network, ultimately aiming to close opportunity and achievement gaps among students.