It’s been a great year for Schools That Can. Our programming has impacted students across the country, we’ve grown our team, and we’ve been laying the foundation to take the next steps in spreading real-world learning. As we get ready for the summer, we’ve rounded up a year in review, filled with highlights from across […]

Though she just graduated high school, Jacquelyn Hernandez has the compassion and civic awareness of someone well beyond her years. A graduate of Math Engineering and Science Academy (MESA) Charter High School, a public charter school in Brooklyn, NY, Jacquelyn is the 2018 student winner of the RFK Urban Education Award. When you look at […]

Sylesha Brewer accepting her 2018 RFK Urban Education Award Sylesha Brewer joined LEARN Charter School-Campbell Campus, a public charter in Chicago, just last year, but the 5th grade math teacher  has already made a big impact. In her first year at Campbell, Brewer and a fellow teacher collaborated to foster an environment across their two […]

In 2003, shortly after deciding to open Saint Martin de Porres in a vacant elementary school, Richard Clark was driving through the neighborhood of Cleveland that his school planned to serve. As he took in the poverty in which many residents lived in the forgotten neighborhood, Clark was overcome with the feeling that “this could […]

CHICAGO (May 2018) A school leader, teacher, and student from across the country have been named winners of the 2018 Robert F. Kennedy Urban Education Awards, announced by Schools That Can (STC) in partnership with Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights. The 2018 awards honor a school leader, teacher, and student who demonstrate courage and commitment […]