Student Upward Mobility in Focus

Follow along with SUMI’s evolving strategies, insights, and programs as well as early findings from our grantees. This blog features essays and conversations with team members and partners aimed at advancing education-to-economic-mobility research.
Students Carrying Out Experiment In Science Class
Early in the Student Upward Mobility Initiative’s (SUMI’s) design phase, we decided to focus on individual-level skills and competencies—rather than experiences and credentials—as potential drivers of economic mobility. 
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Back view of elementary students raising their arms on a class
The 16 projects funded through the Student Upward Mobility Initiative (SUMI) in 2024 will significantly advance the field of education-to-economic-mobility research. Areas of significant remaining gaps include scalable and creative “noncognitive” measures, social capital and career preparedness, ...
kids on the way to class
The Student Upward Mobility Initiative’s first funded projects span three drivers of economic mobility: academic skills, career preparation, and nonacademic factors.