The Compton Education Foundation (CEF) is a nonprofit organization established in 2003 to raise funds for Compton Unified School District public schools. The mission of the CEF is to provide access to high-quality opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM) education to students of the Compton Unified School District. Some of the major services of the foundation include developing and supporting programming that complements and bolsters student mastery of core subjects and STEAM; expanding student opportunity through increasing access to programming and experiences designed to enhance learning and increase exposure to 21st-century skills and careers of the
future; and propelling instructional innovation through fostering out-of-the-box, innovative curriculum, lesson planning, project-based learning, and instructional technology inside the classroom. CEF supports learning opportunities for youth in Compton through educational enhancements that strengthen local creativity, wellness, and academic excellence.
With the generous support of the Golden Globe Foundation, the Compton Education Foundation will expand performing arts opportunities to middle and high school students through the implementation of Get Lit-Words Ignite. The program fuses classic and original spoken word poetry to increase student engagement and literacy, empower creative expression, and strengthen social-emotional skills.
