Rachel Tudela had her first child in January. She loves being a mom and looks forward to sharing her love of sports with her daughter, to helping her grow into her best possible self.

For Antony Perez, a traditional school day was a non-starter. Throughout high school, he was working as a mechanic in his father’s car repair shop, beginning in the morning and laboring until suppertime.

As one of the first graduation candidates to enroll in the newly opened Wichita Acceleration Academies, Lamaria King is already setting a high standard. Her notebook brims with coursework notes and organizational tools, she’s powering through a challenging English course, and she’s already made an...

For Antony Spence, the Covid pandemic couldn’t have come at a worse time. He was already losing ground in high school, falling behind in his studies and feeling socially ill at ease.

Franc Owens has a lot of ground to make up. At 16, he committed a robbery and spent 20 months in a juvenile center. He emerged determined to turn his life around — and is doing that at Miami-Dade Acceleration Academies.

Before she got pregnant at age 15, Queen Bell says she was satisfied to coast along in school. “As long as I was getting a C, I really didn’t care.”

Each month, we take a moment to learn from the educational leaders who bring the Acceleration Academies mission to life, day in and day out. This month, we asked our academy leaders to respond to this prompt: How do your graduation candidates demonstrate resilience on a daily basis? Here is what...

The first wave of 2022 graduates from Bethel Acceleration Academies recently celebrated the successful completion of what, for many of them, had been a long journey to graduation. As they handed the grads their diplomas, Academy Director Alison Hansen and Assistant Director Kevin Torres...

Lowcountry Acceleration Academy celebrated its first graduates in a joyful, tearful and at times boisterous celebration Thursday. Family, friends and educators crowded the brightly painted Academy to honor the grads who pushed through adversity to claim their brighter futures.