The Institute's, "White Paper."

An Eight Year Ongoing Research Project.

The Institute for Student Empowerment, through partnerships with Omaha Public Schools, and the Los Angeles Unified School District, has conducted an ongoing independent research project that seeks to examine the attitudes and behaviors that exist among students who emanate from economically challenged environments, pertaining to education and their future well-being.

Our data, gleaned from surveys, direct and indirect interaction with students, revealed a significant number struggle to connect a quality education to their future financial well-being.

Discover how this crisis directly contributes to high disciplinary challenges, absenteeism, truancy, disengagement, and dropout. Learn what can be done to help re-engaged disengaged students and get them back on track to vigorous participation in their academic process.

Review the entire, "White Paper," here

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Fixing the
Achievement Gap

The Flawed Assumption - Never assume a child naturally connects a quality education to his future financial well-being. Research reveals a significant number of students struggle to make that critical connection.

Helping Our Young Men of Color Succeed

You can count on two things being on the mind of a child who grows up in poverty, food, and money. If you cannot show him how education is a means to that end, he may tune-out, disengage, create disciplinary challenges, and ultimately dropout. How can we help him make the connection?