Our approach
The problem
Picture a child’s time as an orange. Their classroom experience represents a relatively small wedge from which the education field is fixated on squeezing more and more juice. However, children spend 75% of their waking hours outside of the classroom. Even high-performing schools struggle to engage parents and juice the rest of the orange. For students, this results in slow progress during the academic year and chronic regressions over the summer.
The solution
Springboard Collaborative helps schools juice the rest of the orange, dramatically improving educational outcomes by harnessing the potential of parent-teacher collaboration. Our vision is to close the literacy gap by closing the gap between home and school. Springboard Collaborative combines reading instruction for Pre-K through 3rd graders; workshops training parents to teach reading at home; a rigorous coaching cycle for teachers; and an incentive structure that awards learning tools to families in proportion to student reading gains.
The impact
Among Springboard Collaborative’s core values is being data-driven and outcomes-oriented. We learn through self-examination, which guides our innovation agenda and continuous improvement of programs. Check out Springboard Collaborative’s results!