Get Schooled

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The Get Schooled Foundation
IndustryNonprofit
Founded2009 with 501(c)(3) status granted in 2010
FounderViacom and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, with significant support from AT&T
HeadquartersNew York City
Key people
John Branam, Executive Director
Website getschooled.com

The Get Schooled Foundation (also Get Schooled or getschooled.com) is a US national non-profit organization helping young people in high school, college, alternative pathways and early career jobs. [1]

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School Attendance

Get Schooled is one of the few national education organizations focusing on school attendance as a driver of student success. In May 2012, it released a study on the scope and consequence of chronic absenteeism in partnership with Johns Hopkins University. [2] The report found only a handful of states measure and report on chronic absenteeism, which the report defines as missing at least 10 percent of school days in a given year, or about 18 days. [3] It estimates that 10 to 15 percent of students nationwide are chronically absent and that adds up to 5 million to 7.5 million students who miss enough school to be at severe risk of dropping out or failing to graduate from high school. [4]

The data problem is structural and runs from the school to the state to the federal level. At the school level, chronic absenteeism is largely masked by daily attendance rates. A school can report a 90 percent average daily attendance rate and have 40 percent of students chronically absent, because on different days different students make up the 90 percent. Schools know that students are missing but don’t look at the data by student to show individual absenteeism rates. [5]

Key findings include:

The magnitude of the problem is likely understated as Balfanz and his researchers could find chronic absenteeism reported for only six states: Georgia, Florida, Maryland, Nebraska, Oregon and Rhode Island. Several states, including California and New York, do not even collect the individual data needed to calculate chronic absenteeism. [11]

The impact of these missed days is dramatic – students are less likely to score well on achievement tests and less likely to graduate. [12] Students who miss 10 percent of school days on average score in the 30th percentile on standardized reading and math tests, compared to those with zero absences, scoring in the 50th percentile. [13]

Looking at data from multiple states and school districts, the researchers found that consistently high chronic absenteeism was the strongest predictor of dropping out of high school, stronger even than course failures, suspension or test scores. Data from Georgia showed a very strong relationship between attendance in grades 8-10 and graduation. There was as much as a 50 percentage-point difference in graduation rates for students who missed five or fewer days compared to those who missed 15 or more days. [14]

These findings have been extrapolated into a user-friendly attendance calculator that allows users to see a personalized view of the impact of missed days on the likelihood of graduating and on math and reading achievement tests. [15]

Programs

Get Schooled has several programs it uses to support high school students.

Digital Platform: Get Schooled is basically a one-stop shop for high school students who need college and financial aid info. As you consume content on the site about calculating your GPA, making it through high school or applying to college, you earn points. You can cash those points in at the Get Schooled reward store stocked with items for school and life. [16]

College Text Hotline gives personalized help on how to apply for and pay for college including things like the FAFSA, scholarship, loans and general college guidance [17]

Snapchat College Tours give students a student led tour of college campuses from around the country including HBCU's, ivy league colleges as well as larger and smaller public colleges and universities. [18]

Get Schooled badges expose students to targeted content that prepares them for college. In 2016, Get Schooled announced a set of badges branded "Khaled Keys" inspired by their partnership with DJ Khaled. [19]

Get Schooled also offers scholarships and grants to schools and students throughout the school year. The Taco Bell Foundation for Teens has been a major funder of these grants. [20]

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References

  1. ↑ About Us Archived 2012-09-24 at the Wayback Machine , Get Schooled, getschooled.com. Accessed 2012-8-24.
  2. ↑ Chronic Absenteeism Report Archived 2012-09-18 at the Wayback Machine , The Importance of Being in School: A Report on Absenteeism in the Nation's Public Schools. Accessed 2012-8-24.
  3. ↑ Balfanz & Byrnes 2012, p. 3.
  4. ↑ Balfanz & Byrnes 2012, p. 3.
  5. ↑ Balfanz & Byrnes 2012, p. 3.
  6. ↑ Balfanz & Byrnes 2012, p. 13.
  7. ↑ Balfanz & Byrnes 2012, p. 4.
  8. ↑ Balfanz & Byrnes 2012, p. 20.
  9. ↑ Balfanz & Byrnes 2012, p. 21.
  10. ↑ Balfanz & Byrnes 2012, p. 18.
  11. ↑ Balfanz & Byrnes 2012, p. 3.
  12. ↑ Balfanz & Byrnes 2012, p. 27.
  13. ↑ Balfanz & Byrnes 2012, p. 27.
  14. ↑ Balfanz & Byrnes 2012, p. 9.
  15. ↑ Attendance Calculator Archived 2012-09-23 at the Wayback Machine , Get Schooled, getschooled.com. Accessed 2012-8-24.
  16. ↑ Graham, Janay (2016-11-20). "Contributor". Huffington Post.
  17. ↑ Resmovitz, Joy (2015-09-27). "Hey Kids Text Your Way to College". LA Times.
  18. ↑ Tesema, Martha (November 7, 2016). "DJ Khaled is going to be the college tour guide you've always wanted". Mashable.
  19. ↑ Havens, Lyndsey. "DJ Khaled Named National Spokesperson for Get Schooled, Will Offer His 'Keys To Success'". Billboard.
  20. ↑ Bergado, Gabe (2015-06-14). "I went to a Taco Bell-sponsored high school graduation at the TRL studio". Daily Dot.
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