YANCY LIFE TRANSITION CENTER Competitors

Innovation Learning is a nationwide full-service "next-generation" education services company developed under the premise that skills associated with an “innovative mindset” — curiosity, collaboration, associative and integrative thinking, a bias toward action and experimentation — have a very high correlation with improved academic outcomes for children and should be taught and practiced. Designed by elementary and middle school educators (who also happen to be parents) we combine STEM Instruction, a Buck Institute Gold Standard, Project Based Learning platform, and Discovery Play into a variety of programs delivered to schools, businesses, and individual families. We offer extended day programs, tutoring programs, and learning pods that bridge the digital divide while also closing the enrichment gap for those students that don't generally have access, and for students who do, Innovation Learning helps them to excel beyond. Innovation Learning supports students, schools, and families by sharing in a vision for developing well-rounded children that will become the innovators and contributors of tomorrow. By integrating STEAM education, project-based learning, play-based discovery, and academic support we engage our students in using problem-solving skills, cultivating creativity, and building their capacity for innovation. We offer fun, brain-stimulating activities so students succeed socially and academically, and are better prepared for their innovative futures.Find out more about our ecosystem of programs (i.e., Before- & After-School Programs, Enrichment Programs, Summer Programs, Special Education & Support Services) by visiting our website at:www.innovationlearning.com

EduCare Foundation’s mission is to inspire and empower young people to become responsible global citizens, courageous and compassionate leaders, and to live their dreams.EduCare is currently a Beyond the Bell after school service provider at 17 Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) high schools, 2 Lynwood Unified School District (LUSD) high schools, and 1 LAUSD middle school. Over 2,500 LAUSD students participate in EduCare’s comprehensive after school programs each school day.Recent evaluations conducted by Evaluation, Research and Cyber-Solutions (“ERC”), LAUSD’s Beyond the Bell Branch’s evaluator, have indicated the following:- Students participating in EduCare Programs throughout four years of high school graduated at a rate of 89.0% versus the 68.2% graduation rate of non-EduCare students, nearly 21% higher.- Students attending at least 30 days of EduCare’s Programs were 24.4% more likely to achieve 96% regular school day attendance than their peers who did not attend after school programs.- Students attending EduCare’s Programs achieved higher California Standards Test (CST) scores in English and Math than their peers who did not attend after school programs.In November 2010, LAUSD’s Beyond the Bell, EduCare, arc, and !Mpact People were awarded the “Innovation in High School After School Collaboration and Partnerships” award by the California After School Network for the exemplary Take Action Campaign, a youth leadership development program for high school students. In 2012, EduCare’s After School Programs were recognized both nationally and statewide in 2012 as: A Best Practice / Dropout Prevention by Afterschool Alliance (D.C.) and A Best Practice in Summer Programs for the ACE Program, by Learning in Afterschool (LIAS) Group (San Francisco).

Highlander Charter School was founded in 2000 as the first independent charter public school in the state of RI. The lower school for grades pre-k through 6 is located in a former jewelry factory turned educational center. The upper school for grades 7-12 is located in a former Catholic School on 42 acres in Warren. Highlander enrolls 274 students in grades Pre-k through 6, and 360 in grades 7-12. Highlander seeks to generate and sustain the fundamental redesign of urban schooling in Rhode Island by demonstrating how the needs of all students can be met by making school engaging and rigorous – through both intentional classroom learning and transformative experiences in the outside world.