Ex-inmates in Philly graduate to a new work life

When the cops stormed into the crack house, Danielle Smith-Berry was hiding in a closet, heart beating hard. If they found her, she’d go to prison, because there were warrants for her arrest, left from the times she flunked probation for using drugs. “But...
Six-week classroom program

Six-week classroom program

Formal education occurs in a structured environment whose explicit purpose is teaching students. Usually, formal education takes place in a school environment with classrooms of multiple students learning together with a trained, certified teacher of the subject. Most...
Creating second chance employment opportunities

Creating second chance employment opportunities

In most contemporary educational systems of the world, secondary education comprises the formal education that occurs during adolescence. It is characterized by transition from the typically compulsory, comprehensive primary education for minors, to the optional,...
Founded in 2009 with a mission

Founded in 2009 with a mission

Higher education, also called tertiary, third stage, or postsecondary education, is the non-compulsory educational level that follows the completion of a school such as a high school or secondary school. Tertiary education is normally taken to include undergraduate...