GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) is a nation-wide, federally funded grant initiative offered through the U.S. Department of Education. Minneapolis Public Schools was awarded a seven year, $14 million dollar grant beginning in January 2015. Over the course of the seven years, GEAR UP will serve 2,560 students in 17 of the school district’s middle and high schools. The project began in 2015 with sixth and seventh grade students and will follow this same cohort of students through either their senior year of high school (class of 2021) or first year of college (class of 2020).
The grant will focus on five key objectives:
Services that will be supported by the grant include:
Jeremiah Harris Davis Center JeremiahP.Harris@mpls.k12.mn.us
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