Current High School Partners
12
Current Fellows
710
Fellow Recruitment Goal*
400
Year Established
2015
*This information reflects projections for the 2019-2020 school year.
By 2020, 72% of jobs in Massachusetts will require a college degree. Across the state, only 15% of students from households in the lowest economic quartile are projected to graduate from college, compared to 82% of students from households in the highest economic quartile. At the current college attainment rate, we are projected to have 55,000-65,000 fewer bachelors degree holders than jobs requiring that level of education.
OneGoal began operations in Massachusetts in 2015, establishing partnerships, building infrastructures, and recruiting schools and teachers to execute our three-year model. We now partner with 12 high schools in the school districts of Boston, Revere, Fall River, New Bedford and Lawrence, and work with a number of postsecondary institutions in order to bring our scalable, teacher-led and proven model to the communities who need it the most.
Massachusetts Fellow, Celinette, shares about kicking off the journey to college in Year 1 as a high school junior. She attended Lawrence High School and is part of Maureen Santiago’s 2018 cohort. She is planning to study psychology in college.
OneGoal – Massachusetts, currently partners with school districts in Boston, Lawrence, Revere, New Bedford, and Fall River and Match Charter Schools. We will continue expanding within these districts and will also use our innovative multi-cohort approach in single high school districts, strengthening our direct impact in that community.
“As early as 4th grade, decisions were already being made about whether I was college material or not. Doors opened to me wouldn’t be opened to my peers. I work to ensure all students can choose the postsecondary path of their choice – not a path that was chosen for them.”
Amanda Seider
OneGoal – Massachusetts Executive Director