Restoring the Urban Youth

From Roses To Concrete

Who they are

Has found a connection between coaching and success in teaching

Stays in a cohort of 24 students for all four years of high school

Teaches each class as though it were a college courseClass discussionGroup projectsUse of technologyHigh standards

The Method

Civic Responsibility

“It is powerful because it represents the expansive and wonderful abilities of urban students to contribute to the dialogue about social justice in ways that no standardized test could purport to measure.”

Students are taught about how to “rise and resist” through group projects about their communities using critical thinking and complex literacy skills with technology.

The program’s mission is to instill a sense of urgency in students to become educated and come back to their community to help end the cycle of poverty.

He gives assignments that tie the out-of-

school world with the inside to give

meaningful learning.

Quote from out-of-school article

Results of Being in the Program

What the Future Holds?

Currently a charter school is being built in east Oakland and is set to open in Fall 2015.

Not only student retention, but faculty retention as well.

Sources Cited Andrade, Jeff. "Urban youth and the counter-narration of inequality." Transforming Anthropology 15.1 (2007): 26-37. Print.