By: Lauren Nutall Growing up, I attended a private school. Although it was a conservative and predominantly white environment, I never felt out of place. This was partly because of my age. Although I was unaware of the struggles my parents feared I would face, as I grew older, I slowly began to notice things … Continued
It’s PSAT testing season! If you’re the parent or teacher of high school students, you may have heard this acronym without fully understand what it means. Here’s a quick primer on the PSAT along with some resources to help students prepare for the test. What is the PSAT? The PSAT is a standardized test offered … Continued
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In April 2014, I met Jayda Batchelder at a coffee shop in Lower Greenville to learn about Education Opens Doors (EOD). I was really engaged and impressed by EOD’s origin story, the gap that the Roadmap to Success filled in the Dallas community, and how data driven and sustainable the model was. By July 2014, … Continued
Read on to find out how the newest member of the curriculum team, Sandra, has developed a fun, new resource for teachers and students! Since joining the team at Education Opens Doors in August, I have supported the implementation of our curriculum in dozens of classrooms. On a weekly basis, I see students participate in … Continued
Getting money to go to college is a huge part of the college going process; students and families are often unfamiliar with how to apply for financial aid or if they even qualify to receive financial assistance. As part of Education Opens Doors’ Roadmap to Success program, we support students as they learn the college … Continued
Written by EOD’s Program and Operations Intern, Jeff McGuire On December 10, 2015, President Barack Obama signed into law the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the first education reform legislation since the widely controversial No Child Left Behind was signed into law in January 2002. Educators across the country have been calling for comprehensive education … Continued
