Student Success Network

Our Story Our story started at the end of 2010 when Nitzan Pelman, then Executive Director of Citizen Schools NYC, asked SSN co-Founder and Chief Facilitator Sue Lehmann to host a dinner for NYC EDs of Education and Youth Development organizations. The conversations boiled down to two questions: did the group want to adopt SEL as a shared focus? If so, which SEL characteristics would they measure, and how? This year, 50 organizations serving more than 150,000 students will administer the same student survey at the start and end of their program to measure growth in student mindsets and behaviors. Using survey data to identify “bright spots,” the organizations will learn how to test and adapt their practices. By sharing successful experiences and co-creating new ones, one day all children in NYC will have the opportunity to succeed.