Education
Education is critical to a community's success. Yet only 40 percent of high school graduates in Metropolitan Dallas have the skills they need to succeed in higher education. We plan to raise this number to 60 percent by 2020.
Give kids the skills to succeed in education, and you not only enable them to have more stable, rewarding futures — you create a brighter future for their children and grandchildren. That's why United Way supports the United 2020 community goal of preparing 50 percent more students to succeed in education after high school.
To boost student achievement, United Way focuses on the strategies that local education experts say are the keys to long-term student success:
- Readying young kids for kindergarten
- Engaging parents and mentors to support kids
- Offering safe places to learn after school and during the summer
- Strengthening English language skills
- Instilling a passion for math and science
- Teaching the skills needed for college and careers