Alabama
Ruben Morris, CEO
AAAHS prepares their diverse student body for leadership positions in the aerospace and aviation industries through a rigorous, authentic, industry-aligned aerospace and defense education. They strive to create clearly defined pathways to enter aviation and aerospace careers and also to become a widely respected source of leaders for the industry.
Arkansas
LaShawnDa Noel, Executive Director & Superintendent
This K-12 charter with a specialized agricultural science curriculum and a unique AgriSTEM Pathway Program for older students is on a mission to expand student mindsets on what it means to have a career in agriculture.
New York
Kayon Pryce, Founding Principal & Head of School
The Brooklyn STEAM Center provides a tangible pathway to economic mobility and wealth creation for young New Yorkers from a diverse range of socioeconomic and educational backgrounds, by preparing them, through project-based learning in a real-world environment, with the technical, professional, career and financial skills to create their own futures.
Alabama
Mark Martin, CEO
Students earn real financial capital through bi-weekly educational stipends as they progress through the program and after learning and engaging in home-building, they are set up to earn middle class wages and become homeowners.
Alabama
Jodie McPherson, Superintendent
Chickasaw ensures that trades that are in high demand, and also serve society, are the most popular courses of education for students, including refurbishing shipping containers to become solar powered computer labs and using 3D printing to create prosthetics, particularly for those in developing countries.
Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Florida, Maryland, Alabama, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia, District of Columbia, Colorado, Nevada, California, Arizona, Oregon
Kelby Woodard, CEO
The Cristo Rey Network of high schools delivers a career focused, college preparatory education in the Catholic tradition for students with limited economic resources, uniquely integrating rigorous academic curricula with four years of professional work experience and support to and through college. They partner with educators, businesses and communities to enable students to fulfill their aspirations for a lifetime of success.
Pennsylvania
Brian Patrick King, President
Brian Patrick King returned to his alma mater to build a well-respected program that instructs its students in Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Machining, HVAC, and Construction Sciences, helping them gain the knowledge and training around workplace competencies that allow them to hit the ground running at their dream job. Local businesses are lining up to support the innovative school and recruit its graduates, which also plans to add Welding and Automotive pathways.
Tennessee
Chuck Molinski, Vice President
For nearly a decade, The Excel Center has helped change the lives of more than 1,400 graduates. Adults living in Shelby County can increase their earning potential with a free high school diploma and industry-recognized certifications. Support services for students include free childcare, certified life coaches, accelerated courses, and transportation assistance.
Pennsylvania
Michael Marrone, Founder & CEO
This independent school, while providing exceptional education to students who most need it in Philly, also addresses employer demands by providing their students with the training they need to obtain important apprenticeship opportunities in building trades. In collaboration with the local chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), Liguori Academy’s students also benefit from rental income as ABC conducts classes within their facilities.
Ohio, Iowa
Cris Gulacy-Worrel, Vice President
The mission of Oakmont Education is to find and support students who have dropped out to recover their education with individualized hands-on learning, and skills-based job training. Oakmont provides options in skilled trades such as construction and manufacturing, community wellness like in health care and special education, and business and entrepreneurship like in information technology, retail, and hospitality.
Indiana
Neal Adams, Superintendent
Randolph Eastern School Corporation (RESC) has a strong foundation of project-based learning opportunities, dual enrollment, CTE partnerships, and collaborative efforts with industry, city government, and the community. Through a joint effort with Union City, RESC has established Vision Corner, an innovative new approach to learning that combines college and career readiness activities to give students another unique way to learn and grow.
Texas
Michael Gonzalez, Executive Director
With specialized career academies that align with local workforce needs, RSIZ equips students with real-world experiences, including internships and apprenticeships that lead to significant academic and professional achievement.
Florida
Mike Long, CEO
This tuition-free entrepreneurship high school leverages project-based learning and paid apprenticeships to prepare students for successful careers by focusing on the maritime business in addition to culinary and construction experiences. Their full project-based curriculum allows students to drive their own education solving real-world problems.
Maine
Mike Felton, Superintendent
St. George works to provide students with both 21st century rigor in the classroom and a career-orientation, along with using the successful Expeditionary Learning practices to embrace experiential learning that levels the playing field for all students.
Louisiana, Minnesota
Aaron Frumin, CEO
Offering high school credit in an innovative apprenticeship program, unCommon Construction (uCC) students earn hourly pay and school credit for completing a construction project. Apprentices learn career awareness by being exposed to industry partners, develop professional skills through an “uncommon” work-based learning experience in a real-world classroom. They are awarded an equity scholarship paid for by the revenue from each project.
Illinois
Ann Craig, Director of Educational Services
Walsh Academy provides specialized academic, therapeutic and Career Technical Education (CTE) opportunities for adolescents experiencing intellectual, emotional, and/or behavioral challenges that can potentially limit their life success. Students are served in uniquely designed classrooms to maximize effectiveness across the continuum of age and disability type.
