Inspire Future Leaders

Research has shown that the greatest in-school indicator of student achievement is access to quality educators. However, schools in high poverty and high minority communities are less likely to have quality educators because a great deal of them leave the profession. However, we believe, teachers can't do it alone. It takes a village to raise a child year round. Through our “community-as-curriculum” model, schools are not isolated buildings where kids learn from books, but an open dynamic space for the entire community to teach and learn from one another. As more community members step into our classrooms, build relationships with our teachers and help our students, the more our schools will be transformed into community hubs that will sustain educators and cultivate the next generation of change agents and leaders.