At Genesys Works, we envision an America where all economically-disadvantaged youth develop the skills and self-confidence required to thrive in the economic mainstream.
More specifically, we envision all youth graduating from high school in every major American city with the knowledge that they can pursue professions that will allow them to enter and prosper in today's economic mainstream.
The Genesys Works experience proves that all students can achieve a professional mindset when exposed to work in a professional environment. Our students have demonstrated that, regardless of socio-economic status, when high school students are provided with the right knowledge and opportunity to be professionals, and high expectations are placed upon them, they rise to the challenge and perform as such.
We therefore imagine an American education system where students in middle school are exposed to different professions and are given all the information and tools they need to actually choose a field of interest. Then, in high school, we envision a system that allows each student to study the courses that are inline with their field of interest, which would follow a coherent sequence of classes. Lastly, the system would allow all students to have the afternoons of their senior year available to do a professional-style paid internship in their field of choice using the specific knowledge they received in their previous years of schooling.
When this system becomes the standard in schools, it will have a transformative effect on the education system as a whole, in effect raising the standard of performance and expectations. In addition, corporations nationwide will become greater partners with the school districts and will actively invest in their future workforce.
