Partnership Grant Projects

Linking Education to Success (LETS) GEAR UP

The north Texas town of DeSoto is focused on using its GEAR UP grant to further the understanding and pursuit of postsecondary education amongst the underserved middle schools and high schools of its highest-need school district. Backed by several institutions, including The University of Texas-Austin and Texas Instruments, LETS GEAR UP is poised to keep DeSoto’s students primed for breaking the low-income cycle by pushing them into reaching their full professional potential. College and Career Academies and the iSTEAM3D program will keep students college-and-career-oriented through more rigorous courses—and coupling these educational opportunities with getting parents informed about the obligations, options, and potential gains associated with college attendance will serve to prepare DeSoto’s families to move forward on an inter-generational level.

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