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ProvenTutoring Recognized as a 2024 Nexus Award Recipient and Announces Spring 2025 Convening with Accelerate at Hopkins Bloomberg Center

Baltimore, June 28 – ProvenTutoring, a nonprofit initiative housed at the Center for Research and Reform in Education at Johns Hopkins University, proudly announces its selection as a recipient of the university’s esteemed 2024 Nexus Award. This prestigious recognition highlights ProvenTutoring’s commitment to advancing the use of evidence-based tutoring strategies and models in schools across the country. ProvenTutoring will partner with nonprofit Accelerate - The National Collaborative for Accelerated Learning to host a convening of researchers, policymakers, and education leaders committed to identifying and increasing access to effective, evidence-based academic interventions.

The Nexus Awards Program, administered by Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C., aims to support research, teaching, and event programming that address pressing societal challenges. Forty convening, research, and teaching endeavors, including ProvenTutoring, have been chosen to receive funding over the next year. These projects, spanning various academic divisions and led by teams of esteemed staff and scholars, cover an array of topics ranging from climate resilience and population displacement to generative AI and enhanced learning to mental health and health equity.

"We are honored to be among the recipients of the 2024 Nexus Award," said Jen Krajewski, Director of Outreach and Engagement for ProvenTutoring. "The recognition and investment in our work will play a meaningful role in our efforts to scale effective tutoring interventions that are capable of addressing the achievement gap. We are grateful for the opportunity to contribute to the transformative initiatives supported by Johns Hopkins University's Nexus Awards Program."

Planning for the Nexus-sponsored convening is already under way. This in-person event is scheduled for early 2025 at the Hopkins Bloomberg Center, located at 555 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. between the Capitol and White House. The event, planned in partnership with Accelerate, will bring together over 100 individuals representing a range of states, organizations, and fields to share lessons learned, engage in problems of practice, and connect around a shared commitment to equity in education. The focus will be on the coordination of policy, practice, research, and funding to expand the number of research-proven tutoring options and help schools implement, evaluate, and sustain road-tested models.

“With the average eighth grader in the US more than eight months behind grade level, we have a massive—and massively important—task ahead,” said Kevin Huffman, Accelerate CEO. “Accelerate operates at the nexus of research, policy, and practice to take on this work, and this opportunity to bring leaders together is crucial to moving us all forward.”