YES+Prep+Boasts+a+College-Bound+Culture

The video I watched this week focused on how YES Prep has prepared all of their students to be college bound. The school I am currently student teaching at has just recently made the switch to have all of their students become college-bound so I found this video to be very interesting. I like how YES Prep created an environment of expectation. It holds all of the students accountable and it seems as though students are less likely to be socially promoted. I think one of the key components to having a school be all college bound is the participation of the family in this process. In the video they used the phrase "three-legged stool" which is the perfect comparison to how the relationship between students, their families, and the school should be. If all the legs are not holding their weight, then the stool will be unbalanced. I like how the school visits the students' homes and really gets the family involved in the students' educational trajectory. Families and the students themselves become active particpants in the educational process which can create nothing but positive outcomes both for students achievement and success of the school on the whole.