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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...
Breakthrough Stands with the AAPI Community
Thank you to our Breakthrough Greater Boston colleagues and national team members for sharing the resource list below: Learning Resources Learning for Justice: Responding to Anti-Asian Violence and Georgia Shootings Learning for Justice: Addressing Anti-Asian Bias ...
Breakthrough’s scalable solution to pandemic learning loss: College Students stepping in as Teaching Fellows
Timely reflections from Breakthrough Collaborative's National CEO Elissa Vanaver Read insights from our newly-released White Paper titled INSPIRING STUDENTS, DEVELOPING TEACHERS: How a Corps of College Students Closes Opportunity Gaps & Diversifies the Teacher...
Miami Herald Op-ed Feature: Breakthrough’s college corps closing pandemic learning gaps for vulnerable students | Opinion
NOTE: This article was originally posted on the MiamiHerald.com on Monday, August 24, 2020 Read original article here. By: Elissa Vanaver, CEO of The Breakthrough Collaborative Even the most cautious medical experts foresee the day when the COVID-19...
Breakthrough’s Purposeful Pivot to Virtual Summer Programming
Breakthrough’s Purposeful Pivot: How we're shifting in-person programs to "virtual," and learning with thousands of students this summer “We’re excited that Breakthrough programs already underway are seeing up to 93% of their middle-school students engage. Only by...
Breakthrough Alumni Change-Makers: Jordan Ramey Starts Petition to Change Stadium Name
Change-maker (noun): A person who works actively to effect positive social change. 2020 has been a year of stark changes and challenges. From the pandemic to ongoing systemic & racial inequities, young people are using their voices now more than ever to...
Breakthrough Summer 2020 Reading List: Social Justice & Equity
As a part of our continued commitment to support and stand with our community against racism and injustice, we have developed the BT Summer 2020 Book Bingo list highlighting Black authors and relevant readings on social justice and anti-racism. As an education...
Standing With Our Community
This is an extraordinarily painful moment for our country, for our communities and for Breakthrough, a moment that compels us to underscore the bedrock values we embrace every day: The Breakthrough Collaborative stands with our entire community in opposition to all...
We’re looking for a Breakthrough…
**BREAKTHROUGH MUSIC VIDEO PREMIERE** Chris Lee is a multi-talented actor, musician and Broadway Star. He's graced the stage in Broadway sensation musical Hamilton and currently stars on a CW show called Legends. He produces, sings and writes heartfelt music and gives...
Alumni Spotlight: Lamar Shambley Launches Program for Teens of Color Abroad
Studying abroad can be a thought-provoking, life-changing, and incredibly rewarding experience, and yet very few students of color have the financial resources to take full advantage of these opportunities. In fact, according to...
