Dr.
Kuni Beasley, founder of the Gateway Preparatory School, has a BS from Texas
Christian University, an MBA from Oklahoma City University, a Doctor of Ministries
from Tyndale Seminary, and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas. He attended the
Marine Military Academy in Harlingen, Texas, graduating at 16 with a full college
scholarship. Dr. Beasley has served on the faculty of Northwood University (Business
& Government), LeTourneau University (Business Management), University of Texas-Arlington
(Public Administration), and Dallas Baptist University (Political Science). Dr.
Beasley started the Gateway Program in 1996 with seven students meeting in a rented
Sunday school room at the First Baptist Church in Duncanville, Texas. By 1997,
Gateway had two more schools in Arlington and Bedford, and by 1998, Gateway had
nine schools in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area and Waco with almost 700 students. In
2001, Gateway began to convert to the internet and the last conventional site
closed in 2003.
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Dr. Beasley taught college for over 18 years and has served on
the faculty of Northwood University (Business & Government), LeTourneau
University (Graduate Business), Dallas Baptist University (Political
Science), and the University of Texas at Arlington (Urban and
Public Administration). His business background includes work
with Caltex Petroleum, Texaco, Chevron, Department of Defense,
University of Texas, Methodist Hospitals, UNESCO, Dallas Independent
School District, the Federal Reserve Bank, and service on the
national board of the United Way of America. Dr. Beasley is a
retired Army officer who commanded combat arms units in Europe
and the US, and is a former football coach of the team that won
the Texas State Football Championship in 1994. Gateway Preparatory
School, Inc., is a recognized secondary institution providing
resident and distance education for homeschool and private school
families, and provides supplemental training in SAT, College Prep,
Study Skills, and Accelerated Learning strategies. Gateway students
have graduated from high school as young as 13 and boasts graduates
from the University of Texas at 16, University of the State of
New York at 17, Oral Roberts University at 18, and a multitude
of students in medical schools, law schools and graduate programs
at major universities.
"We
tend to think the founding fathers of our nation were 'geniuses' when they were
actually well-educated men. Since then, we have built more schools and provided
less education. It now takes 12 years to get an 8th grade education. Our kids
are no less capable than those in the 1750's, just less challenged. At Gateway,
we are educating young people to the level of their abilities, not to the level
of politically mandated mediocrity. "Students need to realize that at this point
in their lives, their job is to be a student and learn. They need to do a good
job at it. This means doing what is expected, when it is expected, and how it
is expected…. At Gateway, students learn the techniques and get the equipment
they need to not only do what they need, but do it quickly, professionally, and
without wasting a lot of time." - Dr. Kuni Beasley, founder of Gateway
Prep
