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Pathways to Success
For many low-income youth, the transition from high school to "the real world" is a fleeting chance to seize crucial opportunities, a pivotal point where dreams are either followed or abandoned. Research shows that access to post-secondary education plays a defining role in access to economic opportunity and life success. Our Foundation seeks to improve life chances for young people by improving access to education beyond high school.
Through Pathways to Success, we will support efforts that make it possible for young men and women to make the most of their time in high school and achieve their life and career goals.

Our Pathways to Success partners work in the Atlanta Public School System.

Only 47 percent of low-income high school students immediately enroll in college or other postsecondary programs, compared to 82 percent of high-income students.
— U.S. Department of Education