Challenge Success

It’s time to embrace a broader definition of success and transform the student experience. We believe that all students should be valued for their own interests, unique talents, and healthy definitions of success. They shouldn’t have to choose between doing well and being well. At Challenge Success, we use our research-based SPACE framework to provide schools and families with strategies that help:

Increase
-student well-being
-sleep
-engagement
-belonging

Decrease
-stress and anxiety
-depression
-overload

Change happens when schools, parents, and students work together. Real, lasting change requires the whole school community — educators, parents, and students — to both identify challenges and drive solutions.

School Partnerships: We partner directly with schools to reform their approach to teaching and learning focusing on the key areas outlined in our SPACE Framework:

-Students' schedule and use of time
-Project and problem-based learning
-Authentic and alternative assessment
-Climate of Care
-Education for the whole community

Faculty/Staff and Parent/Caregiver Education: We provide learning opportunities for adults in school communities to engage with our SPACE framework in ways that will have a meaningful impact on the children in their lives.

Research: We provide ongoing research to the field of education through the publication of articles, white papers, and conference presentations.

Our School Program offers a comprehensive, research-based school change framework (SPACE) and focuses on timely and practical strategies that can positively impact students and faculty. Schools participate in a year-long program with a multi-stakeholder team of administrators, counselors, teachers, parents, and students. We believe that real, lasting change requires the entire school community — educators, parents, and students — to both identify challenges and drive the solutions. This belief is demonstrated in our approach:

-Grounded in research about effective education and healthy child development
-Engages and educates all stakeholders in the school community
-Focuses on elevating the voice and perspective of all students

Since our inception, we have partnered with over 500 schools across the country and continue to add new schools every year. In 2021 alone, we surveyed over 42,000 students, worked with 60 schools, and hosted 139 educational events for parents and educators.

In the coming years, we aim to:
-Increase our reach to a more diverse set of schools serving historically underrepresented students
-Support schools towards thoughtful, research-informed action and change based on continuous improvement cycles, specifically around aspects of student well-being, belonging, and SEL
-Change the narrative nationwide about student and faculty well-being

Challenge Success is well-positioned to tackle these goals. We have trusted relationships with districts interested in spreading promising practices for belonging and connection across their system. We also have experience working with schools to take a more systems-oriented approach. We are well versed in qualitative and quantitative methods and have extensive experience working with our school partners in identifying and supporting the use of appropriate learning methods. We have a team who is committed to equity and inclusion for all students and has experience working with underrepresented groups.