{"id":42,"date":"2013-01-22T06:44:10","date_gmt":"2013-01-22T06:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taleeminitiative.org\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2017-06-08T19:07:47","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T19:07:47","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.taleeminitiative.org\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ezcol ezcol-two-third\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><strong>The Taleem Initiative vision is college graduation for all students.<\/strong> Our 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, formerly known as Mission: College Admission (MCA), aims to vastly increase the number of first-generation students who are successful in high school, college, and beyond. Our high-impact academic and mentoring programs are designed to instill in our students the confidence, knowledge, and skills needed to select, enter, and successfully graduate from a four-year college\/university.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">Our flagship program is a comprehensive summer academy, consisting of SAT preparation, college and financial aid application workshops, college tours, and motivational lectures from professionals. By the program\u2019s end, the students show significant transformation: SAT scores increase 240 points on average, and 90% of the students show a commitment to attending a four-year college. This college preparation academy is now offered annually at cities in the Bay Area and in California\u2019s Central Valley.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div><div class=\"ezcol ezcol-one-third ezcol-last\">\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #5f9ea0;\"> <strong>What&#8217;s New!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"2017 Summer College Prep Application\" href=\"http:\/\/www.taleeminitiative.org\/?page_id=1593\"><strong>2017 Summer College Prep Application<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">Taleem (pronounced TAH-LEE-MH) is a word of Punjabi and Urdu origin meaning <strong>Education and Training<\/strong>, which aptly captures the mission of our organization.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"ezcol-divider\"><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-full.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-42","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.taleeminitiative.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.taleeminitiative.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.taleeminitiative.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.taleeminitiative.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.taleeminitiative.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.taleeminitiative.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1602,"href":"http:\/\/www.taleeminitiative.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions\/1602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.taleeminitiative.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}