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Udacity: Broadening Access to Higher Education: A Story From a Texas Charter School Pilot
Today, we wanted to share a story that is very close to us. Stories like these remind us why Udacity began, why our team works hard every day, and encourages us that our mission to broaden access to education is, at least anecdotally, having some success. It embodies why we exist and what we strive to do -- reach and engage students in college level courses who would otherwise be left out, bored, disenfranchised, and not empowered to further their education.Earlier this year, we received an email from the founder of Winfree Academy Charter Schools. The subject matter: Damsel in Distress. In the email, Melody Chalkley introduced her school and her mission. Winfree Academy Charter Schools are located in Texas and serve “at risk” students. In fact, 91% of their students are at-risk of dropping out of high school as defined by the Texas Education Code. Almost a third of their students are 18 and older, many are young/single parents, many were previously…