Maya Angelou Academy Scheduled to be Showcased as a National Model on NBC’s Rock Center with Brian Williams, Thursday, July 5, 2012 at 10pm
The Maya Angelou Academy, the school located within the District of Columbiaâs long-term youth correctional facility, will be featured on Thursday, July 5th at 10pm on NBCâs Rock Center with Brian Williams.
The segment on Rock Center with Brian Williams will highlight Maya Angelou Academy as an example of how one school delivers top quality educational services in a youth correctional setting. The segment offers a rare glimpse into the inspiring and incredibly hard work being done at a school working to transform the lives of incarcerated youth. We hope you will tune in this Thursday at 10pm on NBC.
The Maya Angelou Academyâs success has been widely acknowledged. Students at Maya Angelou improve their reading and math scores at an annualized rate of nearly 1.5 grade levels. Student retention rates (students remaining in school or work after release to the community) have doubled during the Maya Angelou Academy tenure. A national expert and a court appointed monitor have credited Maya Angelou with creating a âremarkableâ transformation since it assumed management of the school in 2007. The Middle States Commissionâs Accreditation team concluded that the school was âone of the best schools we have ever seen.â
The Maya Angelou Academy is a part of the small network of Maya Angelou Schools, supported and managed by the See Forever Foundation. The schools include the Maya Angelou Public Charter High School, Middle School, Young Adult Learning Center, and the Maya Angelou Academy. At Maya Angelou, we believe that students who have not succeeded in traditional schools can reach their potential, and develop the academic, social, and employment skills needed to move on to college, careers, and a lifetime of success.
To find out how you can support the work of the Maya Angelou Schools as a financial contributor or volunteer, contact our Development and Communications Director, Stacey Miller via telephone at (202) 797-8250, or email at smiller@seeforever.org.
We hope you will join us and tune in to NBCâs Rock Center with Brian Williams this Thursday, July 5th at 10pm.