THINK Together Cited in Forbes As An Educational Innovator
Forbes, one of the leading business publications in the nation, recently carried an interview with Donald Bren of the Irvine Company, a long-standing THINK Together partner. The article, which discussed Bren's perspective on the status of K-12 education, included a reference to THINK Together and CEO/Founder Randy Barth as an educational leader and pioneer in extended learning time programs.
THINK Together partners with local school districts, providing a customized, structured, academically-oriented model that helps close the achievement gap. Students benefit from homework help, academically-oriented activities, group tutoring, as well as structured physical fitness, leadership and team-building activities. Read more at Forbes.
The Smarter Summers Program Closes the Achievement Gap
THINK (Teaching, Helping, Inspiring, Nuturing, Kids) Together continues to demonstrate that its mission IS possible with the right educational model, the right staff, the right community partners - like the Walmart Foundation and the National Summer Learning Association (NSLA) - and the right district partners that collaborate with us to ensure summer learning supports student success. By all accounts, the Smarter Summers program – offered in concert with the Baldwin Park, Elk Grove and San Diego Unified School
Districts and the Mountain View School District – were successful in curtailing summer learning losses through a focused curriculum and structured, purposeful hands-on learning activities. Seventy-seven percent of the students enrolled in the Smarter Summers program improved their math vocabulary fluency with Elk Grove USD posting the highest growth rate with 80% of their students improving. The results showed that THINK Together students had stronger math vocabulary knowledge, as a result of attending the Smarter Summers program.
