The educators who work with young learners at Acceleration Academies across the nation come from a rainbow of backgrounds, life experiences and work histories. But they find themselves united by a single, powerful purpose: To open doors for students who may have thought a high school diploma was...

For Maura Paredes, traditional high school was never the right fit. Navigating the crowded corridors, she felt her anxiety soar. When she would fall behind in class, she hesitated to raise her hand and ask for help.

Franki Mobley-Tarpley started doing leaps and twirls in her family’s living room not long after she was able to walk. And she hasn’t stopped performing since — singing, acting and winning enough dance competitions to join her sister in filling their garage with trophies.

Josiah Gadia was in his final semester of high school when the pressures of an unstable home life, the need to hold down a job, and the challenges of schoolwork became too much to bear.

At the Las Vegas branch of Acceleration Academies, Chris Turner proved himself a jack of all trades — and master of many.

When a team of educational experts recently assessed the work Acceleration Academies does to provide young learners with a flexible, personalized path to their high school diplomas, they didn’t just give the growing family of student re-engagement programs a passing grade.

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: What was a highlight of the first 3 months of 2022 at your academy? Here is what they had...

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.