Most people think that high school is where students should start thinking about preparing for college, but California GEAR UP, KnowHow2GO and the Lumina Foundation for Education know that real success starts in middle school [...]

September was National College Savings Month, and schools across California marked the occasion by learning more about ScholarShare, California’s official 529 College Savings Plan.  ScholarShare is a proud partner of California GEAR UP and will [...]

On September 30, 2010 California GEAR UP celebrated the Second Annual National GEAR UP Day, commemorating 11 years of success for the program. GEAR UP was enacted as part of the 1998 Higher Education Act [...]

Looking Back, Moving Forward: 2010 marks the beginning of the final year of our grant. While we are bringing closure to this grant cycle, we are also transitioning to our next grant opportunity. Our professional [...]

California GEAR UP and Elk Grove Unified School District announced the remarkable achievement of Valley High School number one ranking on the statewide API. The API reports include a "similar schools rank." which shows where [...]

We will be collaborating with National Council for Community and Education Partnerships at this year’s GEAR UP National Conference in Washington D.C. July 18-21. In order to provide vital information to families, GEAR UP program [...]

May and June is Education Trust Awards season for California GEAR UP schools, so we thought we would share some information on our partner, ScholarShare. ScholarShare is California’s official 529 College Savings Plan. 529 plans [...]

The relationship and the importance of cognitive and affective principles and its effect upon learning is critical, but are often overlooked, minimized, and sadly, not well practiced. As a whole, our education system is so [...]

As the school year ends and planning for next fall begins, we are pleased to bring you much news to Celebrate! In this e-newsletter we share inspiring success stories from California GEAR UP schools and [...]