Education Opens Doors Inc.

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“Education opens doors (eod) believes that when doors open, lives change. We partner with middle schools across the country, training teachers to equip their students with the college and career knowledge and skills they need for long-term success. We believe all students deserve the opportunity to pursue their limitless potential. They have the right to understand the value of an education and how to access and attain all options available to them after high school. Yet, systems of inequity within education are leaving thousands of underserved youth across the country behind, restricting the path to social mobility and economic security. Without a roadmap to success, countless students' aspirations are never fully realized, as they lack the information and support necessary to achieve their dreams. Through our program, eod equips students with the knowledge and skills they need to realize their college and career potential. Eod addresses the non-academic barriers that students face on their path to postsecondary success through each facet of our program package. We provide a research-driven student manual, aligned curriculum, customized in- classroom teacher support, and data analysis. We collaborate with schools and organizations, collectively impacting students. Ultimately, the goal of the roadmap to success program is to improve graduation rates and increase postsecondary enrollment and completion for all students, setting them on the path to college and career success. Serving schools and partners across texas and beyond, we prioritize middle school students from communities of color, low-income communities, and future first-generation college students.”

“In 2017, a national survey done by harris interactive found that while 92 percent of 7th and 8th grade students said they were likely to attend college, 68 percent said they had little or no knowledge of how to prepare for it. According to the national association for college admission counseling trends survey, public school counselors spend 18.5 percent of their time on postsecondary admissions counseling. With an average of 455 students per counselor in texas schools, 180 days in the school year, seven hours per school day, this equates to 31 minutes per student. In communities where students may be the first in their family to pursue postsecondary education, this lack of information and dedicated counseling and resources in middle school is a gap that may be too significant to overcome as they move into high school when they begin choosing competitive coursework and postsecondary options which align with their strengths. According to a brief from the national center for education statistics in 2018, first-generation college students-are less likely to enroll in challenging high school courses than their peers whose parents had earned bachelor's degrees. Additionally, according to the eab national research of career readiness, only 36 percent of high school graduates make postsecondary decisions that align with their strengths and interests. This disconnect may be one contributing factor which leads to 62 percent of dallas county high school graduates enrolling in postsecondary education and only 30 percent of those students complete a two-or four-year degree in six years (commit). As a result, out of the 35,000 students who graduate annually, 25,000 of them fail to obtain the postsecondary education necessary to achieve their dreams. According to the bush institute, middle school matters report, "middle school is the last and best chance to prepare students for high school and post-secondary success." the eod program fills this critical need by targeting middle and early high school students and embedding the eod curriculum into existing classes. By delivering the program in this manner, teachers can seamlessly deliver content within the context of their instructional day and students across a grade level will gain knowledge of college and strengthen their aspirations for life beyond high school. According to the forgotten middle, "being on target for college and career readiness in eighth grade and improving the college and career readiness skills that students possess by eighth grade have the most dramatic impact on high school graduates' ultimate level of college and career readiness. This impact is much larger than that associated with any single high school-level enhancement." the eod program provides students with knowledge about college and career options as well as the necessary steps to set them on a path to access those options. In light of the covid-19 pandemic, eod has pivoted our model of service delivery to meet the dynamic needs of schools for the upcoming school year. Whether schools participate in our traditional, school-based program or through distance learning, the virtual platform will more efficiently provide resources and training for both teachers using our program and other adults (parents, mentors, etc.) who have an interest in providing educational support and guidance to middle and early high school students. By expanding access to a wider audience of caring adults and encouraging conversations about the future in a variety of settings, we envision a stronger, more holistic support system which will ignite the spark to encourage lifelong learning. Program description: eod believes that when doors open, lives change. The goal of the eod program is to ensure students gain the knowledge required to pursue the high school of their choice and ultimately enroll in postsecondary education. To achieve this goal, the eod program partners with schools and other student-centered programs in the community to”