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t.Lab
t.Lab, a high-performance learning laboratory for families and students from pre-kindergarten through undergraduate company headquartered in Garden City, Michigan. t.Lab was established to increase US-based students' competitiveness while leveraging a global leadership model. t.Lab has served more than 3800 parents and students since its inception in 2007 and has students from the USA, Kenya, Nigeria, Hungary, Lebanon, and the Philippines.

t.Lab’s curriculum primary focuses on humanities, liberal arts education, and STEM disciplines that will enable students to prepare and compete in a dynamic global marketplace. As of 2020, t.Lab’s median composite ACT score among students is 30.7 and its students have realized more than $17M in college scholarships. Dr. Nixon and t.Lab were honored with Information Technology Service Management Forum Ivory Dome Award for Technology in Education in 2012; McDonald’s Corporation Community Leadership Award in 2019; Best of Garden City Award (Educational Institution) in 2019; USMCA (US Minority Contractors Association) Hon. Thurgood Marshall Pioneer Legacy Award in 2019; and Crain’s Detroit’s Notable Nonprofit Board Member in 2021.

CURRICULUM
Core academic programs provided in T.LAB are Math, English, Humanities, Reading, Computer Science, Science, Technology, Vocabulary, Writing, Language, SAT, ACT, Research and Development, Parent University (for parents only)

INITIATIVE
The Drive to 25 is t.Lab's initiative that aims to increase the median ACT score of African Americans from 16.7 (lowest in the nation) to 25 by 2025. One of its goals is to guide and direct African American students into STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) majors and careers in the marketplace.