Partners

We build strategic partnerships that support our mission to strengthen local communities through college access and success. Our partners include community businesses and organizations, higher education and Western NC school districts.

AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers serve directly with nonprofit organizations to tackle our nation's most pressing challenges.

Uses population-level data and other available research to provide context and perspective to people working to shape North Carolina's future.

The College and Career Readiness Evaluation Consortium (CCREC) is a collaboration of 28 GEAR UP grantees and national not-for-profit organizations collectively serving over 110,000 students in more than 630 middle and high schools. Through a longitudinal research and evaluation project, CCREC seeks to examine the relationship between GEAR UP interventions and key secondary and postsecondary outcomes.

College Advising Corps works to increase the number of low-income, first-generation college, and underrepresented high school students who enter and complete higher education.

Building powerful learning communities by creating powerful learning experiences

Since 2009, we serve our clients through youth engagement, parent training, and teacher professional development. CoolSpeak delivers unique speakers, programs, events, and books designed to keep students inspired, parents involved, and teachers engaged.

Shapes the future of learning and advances equitable education systems by bringing together solutions across research, practice, and technology.

We specialize in Custom Curriculum Writing, Professional Learning, Coaching, and Educational Leadership Development and Support. We customize solutions for your complex issues and problems.

The mission of FIRST® is to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders and innovators, by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, engineering, and technology skills, that inspire innovation, and that foster well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication, and leadership.

Leading EDge Learning uses an in-depth approach, partnering with schools to understand emerging problems, operationalize effective change, and elevate knowledge gained to support K-12 public schools.

Changing the world of students through college readiness solutions that boost student scores using targeted, engaging test-prep materials that emphasize remediation and subject-mastery

MyFutureNC is a statewide nonprofit organization focused on educational attainment and is the result of cross-sector collaboration between North Carolina leaders in education, business, and government.

NCCEP is a national association dedicated to supporting underserved students as they pursue postsecondary education.

Emphasizes building the academic skills and social capital for underrepresented student populations across grades K-12 that position students for postsecondary opportunities.

The National Student Clearinghouse® helps education go further with innovative solutions that meet reporting, research, verification, transcript, and data exchange demands across the K-20 to workforce continuum.

The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) is charged with implementing the state's public school laws for pre-kindergarten through 12th grade public schools at the direction of the State Board of Education and the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

At NC State, you'll have your pick of 100-plus majors — and gain the skills you need for lifelong career success.

At Participate Learning our mission is to unite our world through global learning. Many of us are former teachers, principals, or school district leaders. All of us believe that global education is a catalyst for changing lives.

Provides leadership training for partner schools.

We are a global semiconductor company that designs, manufactures, tests and sells analog and embedded processing chips.

Has a strong track record of helping students from all backgrounds succeed and their goal of attending college.

YES' mission is to level the educational playing field for promising children in underserved leadership for a brighter America