On July 5, President Joseph Biden announced the launch of
the National Partnership for Student Success (NPSS), a coordinated three-year effort to help U.S. students rebound from the pandemic and thrive. NCAN is pleased to be a supporting
champion and technical assistance provider for the initiative along with City Year, Communities in Schools, MENTOR, and the National Student Support Accelerator/Accelerate. The White House launch event was hosted by Domestic Policy Advisor Susan E.
Rice, pictured above with Baltimore City Public Schools CEO Dr. Sonja Santelises, presidential Senior Advisor Gene Sperling, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, and AmeriCorps CEO Michael D. Smith.
The NPSS is a public-private partnership between the Biden-Harris Administration, including the U.S. Department of Education and AmeriCorps, and a diverse coalition committed to providing evidence-based academic, mental health, and other supports students
need to succeed. It brings together experienced organizations to recruit, screen, train, support, and engage an additional 250,000 caring adults in roles serving as tutors, mentors, student success coaches, wraparound service coordinators, and postsecondary
transition coaches.
“Just as the pandemic disrupted academic learning and mental well-being for students, it also interrupted the high school to postsecondary pipeline,” Kim Cook, NCAN CEO said. “As part of NPSS, NCAN will help more educators, mentors, and AmeriCorps members
learn about effective ways to ensure students enter postsecondary education after high school.”
The NPSS provides expertise and technical assistance to schools, districts, and community-based organizations on how to use existing resources including American Rescue Plan (ARP) funding, to best support student success. ARP provided $122 billion to
enable schools and districts challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic to stay open safely, recover from instructional loss, and address mental health. NPSS support is based on the locally determined needs of students, schools, and communities and works
to address long-standing inequities and opportunity gaps in education, which have been exacerbated by the pandemic.
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