In using an approach that is based on evidence and practical lessons accumulated

over the years, the program actively focus on assisting high school students,
especially from low income backgrounds and minorities, to access opportunities that
will make them college ready and continue to pursue an area of interest that will
have real economic value upon completion of college education. The foundation plans
to achieve these fundamental objectives by focusing on the learning partnership
between the instructor and the student (BMGF, 2009).

One of the program’s agenda is to accelerate academic performance aimed at

increasing college readiness among high school students. The program has developed
some set components towards achieving this strategy. First, the program aims to
focus on success at an elevated level by working with policymakers to identify
clear standards defining the way to college readiness to guide classroom
instruction.

The program also aims to support and share techniques and materials to assist
teachers and students to incorporate the standards, not mentioning the fact that it
will design fair measures to appraise success (BMGF, 2009).

Second, the program aims to focus on innovation to support and actively engage
students through the development of well researched topics that assist them to
improve academic performance and leverage technology with the objective of
developing modern models of education.

In other words, the program aims to employ technological innovations to solve the
problems bedeviling high schools. Third, the program aim to develop strategies that
will empower the teachers in keeping with the fact that effective teachers are
fundamental in ensuring student success.

This is to be achieved by designing a standardized and reliable means for

evaluating teacher effectiveness as well as working with other stakeholders to
reward instructors who meet more meticulous criteria for tenure. In all this,
quality data and advocacy are needed to show if the program is making the desired
progress (BMGF, 2009).