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 […]
The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) public policy think tank took a deep dive into the concept of personalized learning driven by individualized instruction in a recently published report. Resident scholars from AEI visited high schools in the Learn4Life network, which focus on helping at-risk students and re-engaging dropouts. The report points out that “relationships are […]
It’s embarrassing and stressful to be a teen without a home. More and more young people, through no fault of their own, are housing insecure, either living on the streets, in a car, or couch surfing with friends or relatives. What’s worse, a recent report shows that California schools are not identifying their homeless students, […]
By the time October rolls around, some high school students find they are too far behind and have little hope of graduating on time with their classmates. Learn4Life is a network of nonprofit schools that helps at-risk teens earn a high school diploma and receive job skills training. The schools are hosting Back In School […]
LOS ANGELES, CA (September 25) – In the United States today, there are more than 4.5 million opportunity youth – defined as 16-24-year-olds who are not in school and don’t have a job. The need for helping this growing population is dire since a dropout is eight times more likely to be incarcerated, ineligible for […]
Throughout history, people have strived to ensure that future generations would be happier and better off than they were. And our world today is safer, healthier, better educated, and more positive and productive than ever before. Yet more than a third of Gen Z (born between 1995 and 2015) claim to be lonely. Experts call […]
Foster youth face multiple obstacles that make it hard to succeed in high school. According to the National Foster Youth Institute, only about half of the nation’s youth raised in foster care end up finishing high school. As such, Learn4Life identified the challenges and solutions for this student population and set up a needs-based support […]
LOS ANGELES (August 14, 2019) – The end of summer means ‘Back to School,’ but what if it was all year long? The original school calendar was established due to urban density, oven-temperature schoolrooms and a lack of air conditioning. But centuries later and with improved learning conditions, that calendar doesn’t work for all. Many […]
Woodworking, welding, and home economics used to be part of the curriculum in all traditional schools. Introducing students to skilled trade careers used to be just as important as test scores, graduation rates and college prep. The reality is that schools have diverted funds away from job training classes over the past decade and are […]
Statewide trauma screenings will begin in January and are eagerly awaited by educators, many of whom have watched traumatized students struggle in class. LOS ANGELES (July 10, 2019) – It’s an epidemic – kids in a state of trauma. The causes range from living in an abusive home, poverty and teen pregnancy to being bullied, […]