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THINK Together is Helping Students & Schools Close the Achievement Gap

THINK Together is one of the nation’s largest and leading non-profit providers of after-school and other high-quality out-of-school learning programs (small group tutoring, summer learning, Saturdays, early literacy, etc.). Each year, our talented staff of 1,700 along with hundreds of volunteers serves 70,000 at-risk and low-income students at more than 225 sites across a five-county footprint of Southern California (Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino & San Diego Counties).

THINK Together’s dedicated staff and high-quality learning programs have demonstrated they can successfully help students and local schools close the academic achievement gap. A multi-year longitudinal study indicates: in general, students who participate in THINK Together’s after-school learning programs show twice the rate of growth in their California Standards Test (CST) scores as compared to their local peers. Where THINK Together’s after-school programs are intentionally aligned with normal school-day learning, students show even greater rates of growth in their CST scores.

THINK is an acronym that stands for Teaching, Helping, Inspiring & Nurturing Kids. And “together” with parents, teachers, school administrators, volunteers and our dedicated staff, we’re helping our students achieve their full potential.

Hear from some of those who been served by THINK Together … watch the video in the upper right-hand corner of this web page.

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