“School Within a School” Program Aims to Help Disengaged Students Find Success
February 28, 2020
Re-imagining public education means looking at traditional structures and replacing them with innovative methods and practices that are more direct and intimate for the student. Take the Star Academy, a nationally-recognized effort designed to help at-risk students succeed. Based in LaPlace, Louisiana, the Star Academy is a subsidiary of NOLA Education. Its methodologies include establishing a “school within a school” and showing students that they can be successful by having a stronger relationship with their instructor. The program targets students who have failed at least one grade, a vulnerable population since the organization’s research shows that 64 percent of them…
