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Challenge Success Resource Center
Explore tools and strategies to increase student well-being, engagement, and belonging in your K-12 school.
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Affirmation Card Deck for K-12 Schools
Download these free cards to remind your school community about your values of well-being, engagement, and belonging.
Homework Guide
We have assembled some of our evidence-based practices and easy-to-use tools to help schools start rethinking homework. Download it for free here!
2024 Student Voice Report
The report uses quantitative and qualitative data to paint a detailed picture of student life across demographics and school types.
SPACE Framework for School Change
Examples of changes schools make based on our research-based school change framework.
Time Management for Students
A tool to help students as they select courses and determine extracurricular activities for the year.
Free Resource: What Students Tell Us Creates Belonging in School
In this new free downloadable resource, we share the research on what students tell us creates a sense of belonging in their schools. This resource includes real data from our research as well as reflection tools for both students and educators. Download and use in your classroom this year!
Tip Sheet: 5 Research-Backed Strategies to Deepen Engagement
Reducing academic stress doesn’t mean lowering expectations: it means creating the conditions for students to truly thrive. Download our new, free tip sheet with 10 practical strategies schools can use to support student well-being while maintaining high standards.
Tip Sheet: 10 Ways Schools Can Reduce Academic Stress & Worry
Reducing academic stress doesn’t mean lowering expectations: it means creating the conditions for students to truly thrive. Download our new, free tip sheet with 10 practical strategies schools can use to support student well-being while maintaining high standards.
Faculty Reflection and Dialogue Resource
Creating a school where all students thrive starts with the adults. This free tool helps you spark meaningful conversations with your team about student well-being, engagement, and belonging.
Creating Change, Together: Announcing Our 2025-26 School Partnership Cohorts
New for 2025-26, Challenge Success is thrilled to be introducing these new cohorts within our School Partnership.
Announcing the Challenge Success Elementary School Partnership
New for 2025-26, Challenge Success is thrilled to be expanding its nationally-recognized School Partnership program to elementary schools!
Building Resilience and Relationships in the Elementary Years
Elementary years are rich with ways to establish a love of learning, support social-emotional growth, and form trusting relationships.
How teachers can set the stage for belonging and agency to start the year
Each fall, teachers face an exciting opportunity. The start of the year is about setting expectations, building community, and introducing content, but it’s also an opportunity to lay the groundwork for something deeper: student agency.
Planting the Seeds: How Early Engagement Sets the Stage for Lifelong Learning
Elementary years are rich with ways to establish a love of learning, support social-emotional growth, and form trusting relationships.
How to Integrate Family and Community Engagement for School Change
Family and community engagement in school is critical to transforming the student experience, which is why it’s an integral part of our change process.
Creating a School Climate of Care: 4 Strategies for K-12 Schools
School connectedness has long-lasting protective effects for adolescents: here’s how to amplify it!
Ready for Revision: 6 Strategies for Alternative & Authentic Assessment
Rethinking assessment practices offers an opportunity to move beyond “teaching to the test” and create deeper, more meaningful learning experiences.