Mobile Tech Lab brings hands-on STEM education to Rochester high schools

Earlier this month, Rochester Institute of Technology’s (RIT) Women in Computing organization and AT&T began a multi-week STEM workshop program focused on coding, app development, and other computing technologies. These workshops will be taught throughout the spring semester by college students from RIT at Douglass High School, Edison Career and Technology High School, and James Monroe High School. Their goal is to…

At halfway point, Kentucky Promise Zone sparking generational changes

Partners for Education at Berea College were featured in an article celebrating the success in the Kentucky Promise Zone. With the support of programs, including Berea College GEAR UP, there has been increased ACT scores and college-going rates for recent cohorts, in addition to an increase in STEM programming. 

'STEM Squad' Aims to Inspire Students to Learn

The STEM Squad visited Northeastern Illinois University for a day of STEM activities with GEAR UP students. Students were given an opportunity to learn and understand coding, which would not have been possible without the partnership of Chicago GEAR UP and the STEM Squad. One student summed up what they learned from the experience: “Every time [the car] would go through the course, I learned more and more information, and I learned how to overcome…

Student Storytelling Opportunity

Appalachian GEAR UP students in Western North Carolina counties are participating in a series of Saturday Storytelling Sessions, a hands-on experience in story development and storytelling through the medium of film. Each Saturday Session allows students to write, record, edit, and produce a unique film project while also learning about career opportunities in the film industry. 

Hurd Gears Students Up for Success

Grant provides student enrichment

GEAR UP teachers from Corsicana, Mexia, Rice, and Kerens Middle Schools in Texas participated in professional development at a training called Ready, Set, Drone! at Corsicana Middle School Jan. 24-25. The teachers were given drones to use in their upcoming STEM classes to enhance science classroom activities. According to the article, "Students will learn how to build, program, and fly the drones, as well as learn about air traffic control and other jobs…

Promise Zone continues to help students, schools

Berea College GEAR UP was highlighted in an article celebrating GEAR UP programs in Kentucky Promise Zones. With the support of GEAR UP grants, they have been able to purchase technology and books at schools, take students on college trips, and work closely with families to make sure they have the information they need about colleges and financial aid. Graduation rates have gone up as a result, and staff look forward to continual improvement. 

Weber State's GEAR UP family night makes college prep a family affair

Weber State GEAR UP at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah recently hosted over 150 families and students at an event with cultural celebrations and career and college readiness breakout sessions for both families and students. Weber State GEAR UP was highlighted for dramatically increasing their family engagement events from on average thirty people to now close to two hundred people consistently. The program’s director, Bra…

Monterey Peninsula Unified School District launches Monterey Ivy League Program 

GEAR UP at the University of California, Santa Cruz and the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District have partnered to develop a program to encourage students to build the skills and motivation to apply to Ivy League colleges. The program will select ten scholars with specific eligibility criteria to participate in The Monterey Ivy League Program. The scholars will attend required workshops, participate in…