Say Yes to Education

With over 30-plus years of experience, Say Yes works with cities and counties to transform civic infrastructure around the goals of every public school student not only graduating high school but doing so with the preparation and support to attain, afford and complete a postsecondary education. Say Yes builds on strengths the strengths of every child, whose interests and talents are nurtured; and the strengths of communities, whose existing assets serve as the foundation for a comprehensive (and sustainable) set of services to help ensure students achieve developmental milestones on the path to success in college, career and life. #studentsuccess #sayyestoeducation #collegeandcareer

Say Yes helps communities develop a pathway of milestones to post-secondary readiness. Those who fall behind can receive support services from a range of local partners, with the goal of eliminating predictable barriers to achievement. #sayyestoeducation #collegereadiness

Keep the momentum! #AvaDuvernay #SayYesToEducation #ItStartsWithYou #BlackHistory

"Education is the key to success." #SayYesToEducation #Education #Motivation #Success

"If you are not willing to learn, no one can help you. If you are determined to learn, no one can stop you." #SayYesToEducation #TheMoreYouKnow #StudentSuccess

What if an entire community came together to ensure that each of its children had the opportunity and the support to go to college, and succeed in completing that education? That is the bold promise of #SayYesToEducation. #ItTakesAVillage #EmpoweringTheYouth

"Education is the passport to the future." #BlackHistoryMonth #MalcolmXLearn more about Say Yes to Education and our mission to ensure that each of our children has the opportunity and the support to succeed in completing their education: https://bit.ly/3oBfI3K

The number of students graduating high school in Buffalo, New York, since the launch of the Say Yes Buffalo, has increased by 15 percentage points, to 64%. #SayYesToEducation

"Believe in yourself, learn, and never stop wanting to build a better world." #BlackHistoryMonth #MaryMcLeodBethune #SayYesToEducation

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Services that keep students on the pathway to postsecondary readiness are critical to the #SayYesToEducation strategy.

#SayYesToEducation began in 1987 with a promise by George Weiss to 112 sixth graders: if they graduated high school, he would pay to put them through college and provide them with the support services in middle school and high school to succeed once in college.

#SayYesToEducation builds on strengths the strengths of every child, whose interests and talents are nurtured; and the strengths of communities.