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Causes: Education, Student Services
Mission: UPchieve's mission is to democratize access to academic support so that all students have an equal opportunity to finish high school, attend college, and achieve upward mobility. UPchieve makes this a reality by providing free, online tutoring and college counseling to low-income high school students across the country.
Results: * Students can request help and get matched with a live, volunteer coach in under 5 minutes. * We cover 20+ different subjects spanning math, science, humanities, college counseling, and everything in between. * A recent randomized controlled trial study found that students improved their scores on Star Math--a national math assessment--by approximately 9 percentile rank points after an average of 9 UPchieve sessions. * 97% of students agree that UPchieve helped improve their course grades
Target demographics: low-income high school students
Geographic areas served: the United States
Programs: free online tutoring and college counseling.