Peer Power Foundation

Peer Power's mission is to inspire and empower student success through a peer-to-peer tutoring and mentoring model.

850 Ridge Lake Boulevard Memphis, TN 38120 · 901.761.8463

Career exploration, Civic education and community service, Entrepreneurship programs, Non-profit organization, Tutoring and academic support, Youth organization

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Big River Crossing Half Marathon 2021 Benefitting Peer Power. More than 1000 runners showed up to power our futures.

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cityCURRENT | Peer Power Foundation: Inspiring & Empowering Youth for Academic Success Learn about Peer Power Foundation and their unique model of employing high performing college students to tutor and mentor high school students, their partnership with The University of Memphis, im…

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After a family tragedy, a mentor stepped in to rescue a high school scholar This past winter break, we learned that a Peer Power senior’s family lost everything in a tragic house fire. We immediately reached out to our partnering school, Ridgeway High School, to create a donation pool to get the family back on their feet.

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'Education is a game changer': Peer Power aims to provide opportunities by partnering with local schools Peer Power understands how wide the educational gap is. They know teachers are pulled in all directions, even more so in a pandemic. That is why they have partnered with Shelby County Schools to cl…

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Nonprofit helping JCPS students study for the ACT | Peer Power Foundation With schools and libraries closing, Greg Vann of JCPS reached out to his old friend, the director of the foundation, to bring its virtual resources to Louisville schools as students prepare for the ACT.

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Employment Opportunity for UofM Students Peer Power Foundation is a non-profit organization that recruits high performing individuals to tutor and mentor middle and high school students.

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Creative writing contest offers Shelby County Schools students cash prizes and self-expression | Peer Power Foundation Peer Power developed the contest as a way to continue assisting students academically while their out of school and encourage emotional mindfulness.

About

Peer Power is a non-profit organization that recruits high-performing high school and college students to tutor younger public school students in a variety of subjects to improve their standardized test scores and college or job readiness.

East High School graduate Charlie McVean founded the program in 2004. A successful entrepreneur and dedicated philanthropist, Charlie had grown increasingly troubled by the poor performance of his hometown’s public schools and believed that the American free enterprise system held the remedy. Combining a performance-based compensation model with the powerful effects of peer groups, he launched his unique student-to-student tutoring method at East. The program was an immediate success and swiftly evolved into Peer Power.

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