Inspiring agency, self-advocacy, and confidence
We teach students social-emotional skills by helping them improve their school, from fixing the bathrooms to schoolwide culture shift.
Our mission
Spread self-advocacy and trust-building skills nationwide
Every student should know what they need and how to start meeting those needs. We run programs where students learn self-advocacy and civics skills, build step-by-step online resources, and empower students nationwide through leadership opportunities.
What we do
Our resources and in-person programs amplify student voices
Support programs for students nationwide
In-person mentorship built with your school, at no cost to public schools.
Explore Doorstop Sessions300
Students reached
15
States
50
Doorstops created
90%
Feel safer in school
What is a Doorstop?
We build Doorstops, step-by-step guides that open doors for students: each solves a specific school problem.
Doorstops are individualized strategies for every unmet need
Student-Teacher Trust
Trust grows everything from attendance to teacher retention: we help students build it.
15 DoorstopsDay-to-Day Life
Bathrooms, food, the schedule, policy change — the everyday things students live with and can actually fix.
10 DoorstopsAbsenteeism
We bring empathy and insight directly to unmotivated students through social media.
8 DoorstopsBelonging
We train students to run peer and classroom interventions that foster intentional, collaborative school culture.
17 Doorstops
Doorstop Education delivers Doorstops and .
Turn students into change-makers
We help foster school communities where reform is not done for students, but by students. We create spaces for dialogue, reflection, and decisions.
Reduce phone use by authorizing student perspectives
Students who have a real say in the room have less reason to disappear into a screen.
Build safer school culture to reduce absenteeism
Belonging is the strongest lever on attendance we have found, and students build it fastest themselves.
Create intentional, collaborative feedback loops
Students bring evidence, staff bring decisions, and both sides see what changed.
Get in touch
Help students identify and advocate for their needs.
Students, teachers, and administrators can email us any time — no application, no cost to public schools, and no need to have anything figured out yet.
Or reach us directly at ben@fix.school