Believe It Or Not . . .

. . . a good idea in education!

I learned about The Posse Foundation in a story in the NY Times.

The foundation evidently tries to identify promising students in high schools that are a cut below the obvious standouts and helps them secure admission and scholarship money at colleges. Their novel idea is to place the students into small groups (whence "posse") that will attend the same college together. Prior to entering, the groups participate in a bunch of prep work designed to help them make the leap.

The success of the students, based on graduation rates, seem to be well above the average college student.

If you're like me, and would like to donate some money to an organization that seems like it actually might be an investment in the future, you may want to check it out.