Newark school offers alternative path to learning - NJ.com:
"'I like hands-on. That's how you learn,' McNeil said. 'They are offering something I cannot get out of regular high school.'
Urban Academy is one of five alternative high schools the Newark school district, in partnership with several nonprofit and philanthropic organizations, will open Thursday.
The five are in addition to two alternative programs that started last year. Plans are in the works to open three more next fall.
This year, the five new high school programs, which will be run at district facilities around the city, will accommodate 875 students who have dropped out or are at-risk of leaving school. The models replace the decade-old Twilight program, which offered night courses for dropouts."
"'I like hands-on. That's how you learn,' McNeil said. 'They are offering something I cannot get out of regular high school.'
Urban Academy is one of five alternative high schools the Newark school district, in partnership with several nonprofit and philanthropic organizations, will open Thursday.
The five are in addition to two alternative programs that started last year. Plans are in the works to open three more next fall.
This year, the five new high school programs, which will be run at district facilities around the city, will accommodate 875 students who have dropped out or are at-risk of leaving school. The models replace the decade-old Twilight program, which offered night courses for dropouts."
