Maria Carmen Vargas from the UC Santa Cruz GEAR UP program in Greenfield, California, was one of five recipients of the 2008 GEAR UP Parent Leadership Award presented today at the National Council for ...

STATEWIDE – The U.S. Department of Education has canceled a $34.9 million federal grant for the Purdue University-run Indiana GEAR UP college-readiness program. The termination, effective immediately, ...

The Nevada State GEAR UP program recently celebrated 11 years of helping students succeed academically as well as the renewal of the federal GEAR UP grant funded for $21 million at a recognition ...

CONNEAUT — Conneaut Area City Schools Superintendent Lori Riley said at a Wednesday board meeting federal grant funding for Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs is being ...

Increasing pressure from school leaders, parents, and elected officials has so far not persuaded the Trump administration to restore the more than $30 million it abruptly eliminated for tutoring, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Akron Public Schools' program to help low-income students prepare for college has been defunded. The U.S. Department of Education ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Thousands of at-risk students across Ohio who were getting mentored for post-high school success just had the rug pulled out from under them. Nine schools, including Mount Healthy ...

Gary West Side Leadership Academy graduate Clarence Grier credits his experience in a federal program called GEAR UP for rekindling his interest in school. The Trump administration pulled the plug on ...

PVUSD students attend College Signing Day at UC Santa Cruz. This year marks 25 years of collaboration between the Pajaro Valley Unified School District (PVUSD) and UC Santa Cruz’s GEAR UP program, ...