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UnCommon Construction teaches high schoolers building skills and life lessons In the 7th Ward of New Orleans, on what was once a vacant lot in the 1800 block of Touro street, a most uncommon construction crew is hard at work framing walls, building roof trusses and installing siding on a three-bedroom house that will eventually

I was a school dropout, but we just won $500,000 for giving students like me a second chance The status quo in education writes-off most students, especially dropouts   It was a chilly morning in Montana 1998, and I was finally going home. I had spent last 18 months at a “therapeutic” boarding school after

Friday Feature: unCommon Construction Aaron Frumin knows what it’s like to be disengaged at school. He dropped out of college in his third year because he wanted a more purposeful life. And that’s exactly what he’s created—for himself and for hundreds of students—with unCommon Construction, an innovative program where high school students build houses from the

Small private school in Wichita gets big boost in helping serve its students Wichita’s Urban Preparatory Academy was awarded a $500,000 prize. A small private school in Kansas got a huge surprise last month. Wichita’s Urban Preparatory Academy won a half-a-million-dollar prize. The funds from the Yass foundation will be used for upgrades at the

Advice From 13 Successful Education Entrepreneurs on How to Take the Plunge Into Non-Traditional Schooling It’s a great time to be an education entrepreneur! Parents are eager for access to a diversity of education options. They continue to explore alternatives to district schools, including homeschooling, microschooling, virtual schools, learning pods, low-cost private schools, and charter

Once told he wasn’t college material, Wichita pastor wins $500,000 for his school In the early 1980s, Wade Moore was a young Black man living in Bassett, Ark., a rural area of 118 people — he and his siblings accounting for 10 of them. He went to school in nearby Wilson. As he was entering

Arizona Autism Charter Schools win $1 million national Yass Prize Arizona Autism Charter Schools, the only public charter schools for students with autism in Arizona and the first charter in the West dedicated to serving neuro-divergent learners, has been named America’s most innovative and effective educational organization winning the $1 million Yass Prize, education’s largest

Grant Will Allow Academy To SOAR An Evans’ microschool is on its way to reaching more students thanks to a $500,000 award. SOAR Academy, currently housed at In Focus Church in Evans, was a finalist for the $1 million YASS Prize,which was awarded Dec. 14 in New York City. “I am so happy for my

Innovative St. Pete high school wins $500,000 Sail Future Academy, a local nonprofit private school that teaches disadvantaged teens life skills, has won a prestigious national prize for its unique education model. Officials with the tuition-free, career preparatory high school recently announced that the Yass Foundation for Education named Sail Future one of the nation’s