Our Impact

We are determined to make Washington, DC the first public education system where race and income do not predict a student’s ability to thrive.

Our coalition pushes the boundaries of the possible, designing and implementing research-based interventions that move the needle for DC’s most vulnerable students. We measure the impact of our work in terms of students reached, sites launched, and system-level change, aiming to cultivate the conditions that allow the research-based innovations we support to take root and thrive.

The introduction of tutoring into the ecosystem is one of the most seismic shifts in instructional time that I’ve seen in my career.”

-Washington, DC, State Superintendent of Education (2021-2024), Dr. Christina Grant

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Our 2025 Impact Report

During the 2024–25 school year, we reached more than 26,000 students across DC and Virginia, expanding our coalition to 92 schools. High-impact tutoring has become a lasting pillar of DC’s education strategy, and our comprehensive approach for strengthening instruction, building educator pipelines, and supporting students furthest from opportunity is working.

Explore the full 2025 Impact Report to see what we’ve learned and how we’re building a sustainable, equitable education system where every student can succeed.

We began as CityTutor DC, incubated at CityBridge Education to implement and scale high-impact tutoring programming with schools. In 2025, we rebranded to CitySchools Collaborative to reflect our programmatic and geographic expansion.

See the history of our impact in prior reports:

Our Coalition

CitySchools Collaborative supports 100+ schools, tutoring providers, local universities, community-based organizations, and government stakeholders to improve outcomes for DC’s most vulnerable students and communities. CitySchools Collaborative recruits, trains, and coaches partners citywide to launch and expand HIT programs and implement strategic staffing models.

In Summer 2021, 300 students received tutoring as schools supported by CityTutor piloted HIT

In school year 21-22, students returned to the classroom, and new partnerships were formed on an ongoing basis as we scaled HIT to serve more students. An additional 5,300 students received HIT throughout the year.

In Summer 2022, an additional 600 students received HIT through our support.

In school year 22-23, new and continued partnerships allowed us to expand access to more than 4,800 students, surpassing our overall our goal.

In Summer 2023, an additional 300 students received HIT through our support.

In school year 23-24, new and continued partnerships allowed us to expand HIT access to more than 4,500 students.

In Summer 2024, an additional 700+ students received HIT through our support.

Our expanded coalition of HIT providers connected more than 10,500 students to high-impact tutoring in the 24-25 school year, bringing our total reach to 26,000+

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