The Ignite Fellowship is a national tutoring corps designed to accelerate learning and foster belonging with students.
Ignite builds on Teach For America’s over 30 years of experience partnering with communities across the country to help students overcome the systemic barriers to an excellent education.
We build on Teach for America’s history & core values by:
Recruiting and developing leaders for educational equity
Deepening partnerships and impact with our existing network of school communities
What’s the Ignite Program?
Ignite leverages research-based best practices for high-impact tutoring.
School partners share that Ignite adds value for their students and teachers – 100% of partners would recommend Ignite.
What is Ignite’s Impact so far?
Student Learning +
Belonging Outcomes
95%
of students reported that their fellows taught them in the way they learned best.
89%
of students said they enjoyed Ignite sessions.
84%
of students felt like they mattered in Ignite sessions.
99%
of schools reported that students grew in academic learning and engagement.
100%
of school partners would recommend Ignite to another educator.
*Structures for belonging: A synthesis of research on belonging-supportive learning environments. Student Experience Research Network. (2021, March 2). Retrieved February 28, 2022, from https://studentexperiencenetwork.org/structures-for-belonging-a-synthesis-of-research-on-belonging-supportive-learning-environments/
In the 2021-2022 school year alone, Ignite connected:
728
Fellows
46
Schools
9
Communities
2,300
Students
75,000
hours
What students and teachers are saying
What is on the horizon for Ignite
We are committed to expanding access to high-impact tutoring so that all students have customized learning experiences. We work to have direct and immediate impact with students and schools, while creating shifts towards equitable, 21st-century learning: moving from remediation to acceleration, from one-size-fits-all to customization, from isolation to community and from single educator to a broader concept of who supports student learning.
