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Breakthrough Collaborative awarded $500,000 from The Charles & Lucille King Family Foundation
Breakthrough Collaborative announces that it has received a generous gift of $500,000 from The Charles & Lucille King Family Foundation to create the Diana King Memorial Fund, which will support college-bound programming for middle and high school students whose...
Breakthrough Featured in National Teacher Pipeline Toolkit
It has never been more important—or more challenging—to find effective teachers for every classroom. With rigorous college-and career-ready standards, an increasingly diverse student population, and all-too-frequent funding uncertainty, districts and schools require...
Education Needs a Reset. We Can Start by Listening to Our Teachers.
The teacher workforce has been beset by challenges for decades, with low pay, stressful work conditions, and lack of preparation and support taking a gradual toll on the numbers of talented next-gen leaders—especially leaders of color—pursuing careers in education....
Breakthrough awarded $500,000 from New York Life Foundation to develop school-year program model
Breakthrough Collaborative has launched an initiative to develop a school-year program model to complement its standardized summer program thanks to a generous $500,000 two-year investment from the New York Life Foundation. Breakthrough will expand and strengthen its...
All Points North Foundation Announcement
All Points North Foundation is one of the few foundations focused on public middle-school education (grades 6-8) in underserved communities (both rural and urban). The foundation recognizes the vital importance of the middle-school years in shaping the future of our...
GRP1 Announcement
GRP1 is a clothing company featured in 27 stores across the country and committed to comfort, elegance, and responsible production: We believe that we have an obligation to adhere to more responsible methods of production. As such, GRP1 has based our enterprise in...
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Announcement
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s K-12 Education strategy is to support educators and district leaders in K-12 public schools in their work to improve student outcomes for Black, Latino, and students experiencing poverty. Breakthrough has received a grant...
Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies Announcement
As part of its education strategy, Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies invest in organizations that are building an equitable society in which Black and Latinx students from low-income backgrounds are able to access a high-quality, culturally relevant...
Summer 2021: Breaking Barriers Through Virtual, Hybrid & In-Person Learning
With the new school year upon us, we look back at this summer with pride and exultation for the Breakthrough affiliates around the country who filled their summer programs with learning, growth, and incredible Breakthrough spirit! Despite the unparalleled obstacles...
Celebrating Summer Learning Week!
#SummerLearningWeek this year has been filled with joy and accelerated learning for thousands of Breakthrough students and Teaching Fellows across the country! We are honored to be part of the national effort to make this a special summer after a challenging school...
Teaching Fellow Alumni Spotlight: Jasmine Lane
"Breakthrough changed my life. Breakthrough is the reason I am a teacher today." - Jasmine Lane Growing up in the Twin Cities area, Jasmine Lane was a first-generation college student. When she joined Breakthrough as a teaching fellow and started speaking to her...
Podcast: Lessons in Adolescence
Join us in celebrating the release of part 1 of Lessons in Adolescence podcast. This episode features a conversation with three leaders of the Breakthrough Collaborative on the importance of student/teacher relationships in the Breakthrough community, exploring the...
