Get Schooled

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Get Schooled engages and empowers Americans to help improve high school graduation rates, improve college readiness and raise college completion rates. It is the only consumer-facing education initiative that aims to complement and support the work of the broader education reform community by leveraging the creative talent, digital and media assets and resources of the country’s top media and consumer brands to truly connect with Americans. An independent non-profit organization, the Get Schooled Foundation’s founders include Viacom and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with significant support from AT&T. Get Schooled launched in 2009 and has partnered on several high profile national initiatives aimed at elevating awareness about our nation’s education crisis and engaging and empowering all Americans to get involved. In addition to the National Challenge and Tour, its initiatives include: Get Schooled: You Have the Right Roadblock (Fall 2009), President Obama’s Race To The Top Commencement Challenge (Spring 2010), New York Stock Exchange’s Ring the Bell Contest (Spring 2010), Paramount Pictures’ Waiting for “Superman” (Fall 2010), and MTV’s Get Schooled College Affordability Challenge (Fall 2010). Get Schooled will continue to identify and sponsor likeminded initiatives that leverage consumer oriented media and brands to ensure more Americans are part of the nation’s education solutions.

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