Interactive Academy will be a project based learning charter school in Washington, DC. At capacity it will serve 400 students in Pre-kindergarten-5th grade. In the initial year of operation, Interactive Academy will serve students in grades PK- K. The target population of Interactive Academy is at-risk youth located in underserved communities.
Interactive Academy has chosen to start with pre-kindergarten because of the dire need for intervention at the earliest age possible. Because of the myriad of academic and social issues that at-risk students face when entering school (see educational needs section), we believe that by starting at 3 years old we can begin early intervention and set in the habits and academic competencies needed for success in school and life.
In addition to choosing to start at an early age for academic reasons, there are also programmatic advantages to starting with only PK-K. By starting in these grades, we …show more content…
A large majority of studies reviewed show that children from single-parent homes score lower on tests of cognitive functioning and standardized tests, as well as receive lower GPAs and complete fewer years of school when compared to children from two-parent homes. ”
Even when controlling for economic and racial differences of the family, children from two-parent households outperform children from one-parent households across a variety of measures. McLanahan and Sandefur (1994) summarize the research by writing: “Children who grow up in a household with only one biological parent are worse off, on average, than children who grow up in a household with both of their biological parents, regardless of the parents’ race or educational background, regardless of whether the parents are married when the child is born, and regardless of whether the resident parent
Interactive Academy has chosen to start with pre-kindergarten because of the dire need for intervention at the earliest age possible. Because of the myriad of academic and social issues that at-risk students face when entering school (see educational needs section), we believe that by starting at 3 years old we can begin early intervention and set in the habits and academic competencies needed for success in school and life.
In addition to choosing to start at an early age for academic reasons, there are also programmatic advantages to starting with only PK-K. By starting in these grades, we …show more content…
A large majority of studies reviewed show that children from single-parent homes score lower on tests of cognitive functioning and standardized tests, as well as receive lower GPAs and complete fewer years of school when compared to children from two-parent homes. ”
Even when controlling for economic and racial differences of the family, children from two-parent households outperform children from one-parent households across a variety of measures. McLanahan and Sandefur (1994) summarize the research by writing: “Children who grow up in a household with only one biological parent are worse off, on average, than children who grow up in a household with both of their biological parents, regardless of the parents’ race or educational background, regardless of whether the parents are married when the child is born, and regardless of whether the resident parent