Educational Justice

Scholarships and Student Incentives

Our students work hard and show up for each other every week. Educational Justice (EJ) rewards them for their effort by providing scholarship opportunities for the high school tutors and incentives to 5th-8th graders during the year. Our campaign for Give for Good is focused on supporting our student incentive pool for the school year.

Students Helping Students!

Educational Justice (EJ) believes that students are key to ending inequity in education. EJ recruits and trains high achieving high school students to academically mentor under-resourced 5th-8th grade peers for a year, at no cost to their families. This one-on-one model successfully drives academic improvement in the 5th-8th graders while providing social support to these students as they navigate the challenges of middle school. High school students focus their academic success and leadership capacity in helping their peers succeed, building soft skills and a high quality experience they can use for college applications and success beyond school.

Educational Justice's Impact:

EJ Outcomes for middle schoolers Include:

1.   Improved academics
2.  Social emotional learning 
3.  Improved confidence 
4.  High school readiness
5.  Meaningful peer relationship

EJ Outcomes for high schoolers Include:

1.   Skill Training - Tutoring and Mental health training (certified through a partnership with the National Alliance on Mental Illness)
2.  Leadership training 
3.  Scholarship opportunities 
4.  Improved work-ready skills
5.  High quality community service example for college application

The Numbers

During the 24/25 school year the EJ program recruited 427 students in the program and had 160 pairs who met regularly. Students completed 4407 hours of tutoring and mentorship. Through survey data Scholars showed a 31% increase in confidence, and through cascade data Scholars had a 93% attendance rate with a 1.85 grade level increase in Math and a 1.9 increase in reading.