[1][2] It began as a five year initiative to "generate greater awareness and engagement in addressing the nation’s education crisis and to offer practical resources and support to students.
"[2] The nonprofit released a documentary titled Get Schooled: You Have the Right, featuring Barack Obama, Lebron James, and Kelly Clarkson.
[3] Part of the initiative included consultation between the Gates Foundation and Viacom networks to influence programming to include storylines based around education on existing shows or create new shows centered on education.
[8] In 2020, UK cyber security company TurgenSec reported a data breach of Get Schooled's website, leaving a database of 930,000 email addresses of children and students "open and accessible".
[9] The database also included names, ages, gender, and school and graduation details.