Commit!
Our Mission
Commit! is a partnership of Dallas area stakeholders highly committed to the transformative power of education who are working together to ensure that all students graduate and succeed in college and/or the global work force.
The Need
Dallas County currently educates over 550,000 children in Grades K-12 across 16 different public school districts and 80 different public charter schools.
There are another 200,000+ children from ages 0-5 who receive a broad variety of early childhood services, ranging from an excellent Pre-K education to none at all.
Dallas County also houses numerous two-year and four-year higher education institutions, both public and private, which provide post-secondary education to over 100,000 students annually.
These 850,000 students, of which almost 70% are economically disadvantaged, are further supported by 300+ separate non-profits focused on a variety of areas, including but not limited to in-school, after school and summer school programs, mentoring, tutoring, literacy and college access. Each organization has their own strategic plan and often their own unique way of measuring success.
Commit!’s purpose is simple but ambitious….to help coordinate and align the various strategic plans found at each of these institutions toward a set of common, measurable goals adopted by the community as vitally important.
- Kindergarten readiness.
- Graduation from high school with 21st century skills.
- College and/or work force success.
“It’s amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit.”
Visit Commit! website here. Join the movement today!
