By the time October rolls around, some high school students find they are too far behind and have little hope of graduating on time with their classmates. Learn4Life is a network of nonprofit schools that helps at-risk teens earn a high school diploma and receive job skills training. The schools are hosting Back In School […]
LOS ANGELES, CA (September 25) – In the United States today, there are more than 4.5 million opportunity youth – defined as 16-24-year-olds who are not in school and don’t have a job. The need for helping this growing population is dire since a dropout is eight times more likely to be incarcerated, ineligible for […]
Throughout history, people have strived to ensure that future generations would be happier and better off than they were. And our world today is safer, healthier, better educated, and more positive and productive than ever before. Yet more than a third of Gen Z (born between 1995 and 2015) claim to be lonely. Experts call […]
Foster youth face multiple obstacles that make it hard to succeed in high school. According to the National Foster Youth Institute, only about half of the nation’s youth raised in foster care end up finishing high school. As such, Learn4Life identified the challenges and solutions for this student population and set up a needs-based support […]
LOS ANGELES (August 14, 2019) – The end of summer means ‘Back to School,’ but what if it was all year long? The original school calendar was established due to urban density, oven-temperature schoolrooms and a lack of air conditioning. But centuries later and with improved learning conditions, that calendar doesn’t work for all. Many […]
Woodworking, welding, and home economics used to be part of the curriculum in all traditional schools. Introducing students to skilled trade careers used to be just as important as test scores, graduation rates and college prep. The reality is that schools have diverted funds away from job training classes over the past decade and are […]
Statewide trauma screenings will begin in January and are eagerly awaited by educators, many of whom have watched traumatized students struggle in class. LOS ANGELES (July 10, 2019) – It’s an epidemic – kids in a state of trauma. The causes range from living in an abusive home, poverty and teen pregnancy to being bullied, […]
Opponents of charter schools claim that charters are stealing all the top students and costing public schools money. Learn4Life is doing just the opposite. They focus on at-risk students who have struggled in public schools and have dropped out or are so far behind, they won’t be able to graduate with their class. Learn4Life serves […]
On Friday, June 7, an order was issued by the Superior Court of California, San Diego County to close Learn4Life learning centers located within Grossmont Union High School District which include El Cajon, Lemon Grove and Lakeside; and likely three more in San Diego and Linda Vista. These schools operate in full compliance with the […]
Learn4Life Salutes “Children of Military Month” Frequent Moves Don’t Need to Affect School and Learning LOS ANGELES – April 18, 2019 – Remember the new kid in school? One would just appear in the middle of the year, when friendships and routines were already established. It took them a while to fit in – if […]