Forward Steps
Forward Steps is a Colorado-based nonprofit supporting under-resourced youth, particularly those with foster care experience, to achieve post-secondary education and career success. They provide financial assistance, one-on-one mentoring, and comprehensive coaching through programs like Guardian Scholars and Realizing Aptitudes.
- 303-404-9966
- info@forwardsteps.org
- https://forwardsteps.org/
- P.O. Box 3484, Boulder, CO 80307
GED Testing Service
Welcome to the home of the GED® test, your official online resource to prepare for and earn your high school equivalency diploma.
GiveBack
A non-profit organization that provides mentoring, coaching, and financial support to young people who have faced significant adversities. The program is specifically designed for students who have experienced challenges such as foster care, homelessness, the incarceration of a parent, or severe childhood adversity.
Head Start Early Learning
Head Start programs prepare America’s most vulnerable young children to succeed in school and in life beyond school. To achieve this, Head Start programs deliver services to children and families in core areas of early learning, health, and family well-being while engaging parents as partners every step of the way.
Huntington Learning Center
Individualized tutoring and test prep — in-center and online.
Jump$tart Coalition: Reality Check
An interactive tool helping students calculate income needed for their desired lifestyle.
- 202-846-6780
- info@jumpstart.org
- https://www.jumpstart.org/education/reality-check/
- 1100 15th Street NW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005
LD OnLine
LD OnLine is the leading website on learning disabilities and learning differences. Parents and teachers of children with learning disabilities will find supportive and authoritative guidance on attention deficit disorder, ADD / ADHD, dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, reading difficulties, speech, and related disorders.
- ldonline@weta.org
- https://www.ldonline.org/
- 3939 Campbell Avenue, Arlington, VA 22206
LearningRx
LearningRx provides one-on-one brain-based programs aimed at improving foundational learning and thinking skills like memory, processing speed, and visual and auditory processing. This can address the root cause of learning struggles in children, teens, and adults with challenges such as ADHD, dyslexia, and other learning differences.
- 866-BRAIN-01
- Highands Ranch: 303-955-2959
- highlandsranch.co@learningrx.net
- https://www.learningrx.com/
- 9090 Ridgeline Blvd. Ste 206, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129
Lee & Low Books
Lee & Low Books is the largest multicultural children’s book publisher in the United States and a leader in the movement for greater representation in publishing since its inception. Our family-run, independent, and certified 100% Minority Owned Business Enterprise (MBE) produces award-winning, high-quality books for every age. Our list includes leveled books for beginning readers, picture books, early chapter books, middle grade, and young adult books, and a wide selection of bilingual and Spanish language titles.
- 212-779-4400
- customer.support@leeandlow.com
- https://www.leeandlow.com/
- 381 Park Ave S., Room 1401, New York, New York 10016
Money Talks
Money Talks is a hands-on, interactive, on-line program, available in English and Spanish. Our resources consist of colorful learner guides, comprehensive leader's guides, along with supplementary multimedia materials. Money Talks increases the financial literacy capability of youth and young adults (14-24) by giving them applied experiences that encourage fiscally sound decision-making in marketplace transactions.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets provides free resources about teaching children to read and helping kids who struggle. On this website, you’ll find a hundreds of articles on teaching reading, classroom strategies, in-classroom video, parent tips in multiple languages, video interviews with top children’s book authors, a daily news service, and more.
- info@readingrockets.org
- https://www.readingrockets.org/
- 3939 Campbell Ave., Arlington, VA 22206
Reading Universe
Teaching students to read is one of the most important things we do as educators. Reading Universe can help. You'll find ready-to-use teaching strategies, in-classroom videos, interviews with teachers and reading experts, and quick, concrete answers to common questions about teaching reading and writing. And it's all free!
Schoolhouse
Join our peer-led community for free SAT® tutoring, college admissions mentorship, homework help, and meaningful conversations with students around the globe.
Starfall
Starfall is a widely used, teacher-developed educational website and app designed to help children in preschool through third grade learn to read through phonics. Founded in 2002, it offers interactive games, songs, and books focusing on letters, sounds, and reading comprehension, available for free or through a low-cost subscription.
- 888-857-8990
- https://www.starfall.com/
- PO BOX 359 Boulder, CO 80306
Start with a Book: Read. Explore. Learn!
To ward off the learning loss that many children experience over the summer, Start with a Book offers parents, caregivers, summer program staff and librarians lots of engaging ideas for getting kids hooked on reading, exploring and learning all summer long — and beyond.
Money Smart for Young People
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Money Smart for Young People features four free age-appropriate curricula that promote financial understanding and are specifically designed for pre-kindergarten through 12th grade educators.
- 1-877-275-3342 (1-877-ASKFDIC)
- communityaffairs@fdic.gov
- https://www.fdic.gov/consumer-resource-center/money-smart-young-people
- 550 17th Street, NW, F-6000, Washington, DC 20429
The Learning Source
The Learning Source is a Colorado nonprofit that offers FREE community and paid classes to help adults learn English and get a better job. We connect you with the support and resources you need to better your life and take charge of your future. You can change your life through education. We also are now offering Spanish and other foreign language training for busy adults!
- 720-837-1123
- info@thelearningsource.org
- https://www.thelearningsource.org/
- 929 29th St., Denver, CO 80205
Virtual Nerd
Over 1,500 video lessons covering Middle Grades Math through Algebra 2.
Waterford
Waterford.org is a national early education nonprofit that provides research-backed PreK through 2nd grade reading, math, and science programs that children can use wherever they learn. Our tailored programs help children reach critical milestones by 3rd grade, laying the foundation for future success for every child.
- https://www.waterford.org/
- 4246 Riverboat Rd, Taylorsville, UT 84123
Job Corps
Whether you’re searching for a new career, finishing your high school diploma or exploring your options, Job Corps offers hands-on training that helps you build your path to a successful future. And you can do it all without any student debt.