What options do low-income families have if their neighborhood school is subpar? Affluent parents have many choices – they can move to a good school district or opt for a private school. If the school doesn’t have tutors, mentors or after-school activities, they can pay for those services. Less privileged families don’t have that luxury […]

Which social implications have the most immediate and strongest impact on a child’s development and well-being? First are the child’s family circumstances, and second is the ranking of their school. Learn4Life’s National Advisory Board Member and Director of the Center for Education Policy at the Heritage Foundation Dr. Lindsey Burke penned a recent commentary about […]

As the largest global courier delivery service, UPS delivers 20 million packages every day. So, they are constantly looking for great employees to help with everything from package delivery and management to IT and sales/marketing. So they were eager to partner with us and get some of our highly motivated students on their way to […]

Jazzmine, a vivacious, energetic young lady, became homeless when the rent was raised on her family’s apartment. When their only option became the United Rescue Mission (URM), Jazzmine’s world turned upside down; she was dealing with fear and uncertainty. The family took two busses to get to the URM, and as they neared skid row, […]

A recent report shows that California schools are not identifying their homeless students, and thus not referring them to readily available resources. More than a quarter of schools in California have not identified a single homeless student, yet five to 10 percent of the state’s 4.3 million economically disadvantaged youths, those who qualify for free […]