What We Do

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As a collective of educational and social justice leaders who are dedicated to ensuring that ALL students have equitable access to a quality education, we work across four California regions supporting equity-based structures and practices in the areas of:

  • Teachers of mathematics and English language arts;
  • School staff in their Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) program;
  • Family engagement;
  • School leadership through an equity lens: and,
  • College readiness.

California GEAR UP Serves:

  • Riverside, Sacramento, San Diego, Tulare and Kings Counties
  • 33 high-need middle and high schools
  • 415 administrators, teachers, and staff
  • 36,446 enrolled students*
* As of 2019-2020 Academic Year