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North Star makes living and learning without school a viable and inspiring option for any interested teen in the Pioneer Valley.

ETA's mission is to strengthen the role of the arts in public high school education. ETA's programs connect private funders, individual artists, and cultural institutions to Partner Schools to achieve greater equality of resources and opportunity for youth of all means and backgrounds.

The TEAK Fellowship helps talented New York City students from low-income families gain admission to and succeed at top high schools and colleges. Along with academic support, TEAK provides leadership training, exposure to the arts and outdoors, mentoring, career experience, and assistance with the high school and college application processes.

Partners In Development (PID) was founded in 1990 as a nonprofit organization that serves the poorest of the poor in the developing world. Through child sponsorships, micro credit loans, housing opportunities and medical care PID aims to transform communities so they can be self-sufficient. Partners In Development serves over 40,000 people each year in Haiti, Guatemala, US and Peru who are determined to break the cycle of poverty for their families.

While serving students from across Rhode Island, Community Preparatory School's primary commitment is to minority and low-income students from Providence.  The school's goal is to help its students succeed in college-preparatory high-school programs and to become community leaders.  Moreover, the school is committed to developing and sharing its vision, programs and resources with the local neighborhood and with the broader educational community.  Community Preparatory School challenges students to become confident, independent learners, encourages respect for the cultural and ethnic identities of its multicultural and economically diverse student body, develops a strong sense of public service in students, and engages parents, students and teachers in goal-setting and planning to ensure academic and social success for each student.

Seeds in the Middle, named by fourth graders in central Brooklyn, inspires parents, educators, students and their community to access all opportunities beginning with improving their health, enhancing arts education and greening their environment. We are joyful, respectful, educational and engaging. We nurture the whole child. Our innovative strategy to fight obesity and combat health disparities initiates at schools. We weave proven programs into a comprehensive package to turn around ills driving down opportunity and advancement. We empower and educate all to get healthy and scale disparities. Our pilot Hip2B Healthy schools are in central Brooklyn, a neighborhood with one of New York City's highest obesity, diabetes, and heart disease rates. Our programs are models for replication. We have run community farmers markets and founded Soccer for Harmony tournaments, inspiring social change through soccer. We are proud to boast that our focus 4th grade class test scores in 2012 surpassed the citywide average! At Seeds in the Middle, we partner with faculty. We teach how to grow, market, access and prepare nutritious food, how to exercise and engage in the arts, all the elements needed to promote life-changing lifelong health. Our partners come from all walks of life: chefs, athletes, educators, artists, builders and more. We cross cultures. We transform gray into green, destitution into inspiration.

Business of Sports School (BOSS) is a New York City public high school that prepares our students with the fundamentals of business and entrepreneurship for career-long success in college and the professional world. Real-life challenges and skills are integrated into every subject area, so that BOSS seniors graduate with a Regents diploma, a Career and Technical Education endorsement in Entrepreneurship, first-hand experience working with professionals the sports industry, and the ability to handle college-level coursework in each academic area.

Harlem Academy is an independent school (grades 1-8) that prepares bright, motivated students for success at top secondary schools and lifelong learning. The school offers merit-based admissions, cultivates strong family partnerships, and ensures its economic diversity by meeting all demonstrated need for tuition support.

Statement Junky is a youth development and global leadership program for girls of color in High School. We create a safe and inspiring space for girls to thrive and build lifelong relationships while focusing on the development of the whole girl. In partnership with schools and community-based organizations, our program equips girls to navigate economic and social barriers within their community and abroad through leadership, education, exploration, and positive identity development. At the conclusion of each program, all girls are gifted with an essential key to access the world – her first passport. We believe travel is not reward for working but experience for living. We’re devoted to creating future world leaders by changing the way our girls see the world.

Hathaway Brown School is dedicated to excellence in the education of girls. For us, educational excellence includes, but reaches well beyond, superb preparation for college. The true mission of the School, as reflected in our motto "Non scholae sed vitae discimus," is preparation for life. We strive to foster in the minds of our students an abiding passion for learning, and in their hearts a constant devotion to strong character and public service. At this moment in history there is a great need for women of vision and courage who are empowered for leadership in a multicultural and globalized society. We seek to answer that need by inspiring our students to achieve their utmost potential, and rise boldly to the challenges of their times.

The Educational CHOICE Charitable Trust provides tuition assistance to low-income students, serves as a model for research and legislation, and encourages schools to improve by introducing competition into the education system.

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