Mission

Education is Freedom (EIF) is a dedicated team providing comprehensive college access services and producing life changing results.

History

Education is Freedom (EIF) was founded in 2002 with the creation of a dynamic board of corporate leaders who envisioned a world where every young person could pursue a college education. As business leaders, government officials and entrepreneurs, EIF’s board was and is committed to creating an educated workforce that could build effective companies and strong communities in today’s knowledge-based economy. To accomplish this, EIF first offered renewable scholarships to first-time college students. This program quickly revealed that financial support alone was insufficient to ensure college success, especially for students with other profound social or economic barriers. In 2003 EIF launched a comprehensive, local, school-based program designed to improve the college-going orientation in the Dallas Independent School District (ISD). Recognizing that college access must begin in middle school, EIF developed the Middle School Champions of Change (MC2) program in 2008 which encourages and rewards academic achievement within participating Dallas ISD middle schools. All of EIF’s efforts exist to help students go to college.