Students Using New Century Achieve Improved Graduation Rates In its recent report, How Effective is Correctional Education and Where Do We Go from Here?, the Rand Corporation conducted a Metastudy in which they reviewed the existing research on what makes a difference in improving education among Juvenile Justice students. http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR564.html Out of 157 research manuscripts,…
Read MoreNew Century Education Foundation was selected by the Special Program for Achievement Network (SPAN), the State of Alabama’s juvenile detention alternative program. New Century’s diagnostic/prescriptive solution will help teach juveniles basic skills and prepare them for the GED. According to Charles Foley, State Coordinator for SPAN: “We used the New Century system in our Huntsville…
Read MoreNew Century Helps Horizon Add Education to its Programming New Century Education Foundation is partnering with Horizon Prison Ministries to provide adult basic education and GED preparation to inmates in Ohio Prisons, including London CI and Chillicothe, CI. Jim Griffin, President of New Century states “We are proud to work with Horizon, a proven provider of programs in prison that generates low rates…
Read More(Reprinted from the Gainesville Sun, June 19th, 2013) LOWELL RECEPTION CENTER — The room of cinderblock walls painted a pale yellow with a bank of computers on one wall and books on the other could be a school anywhere. But the students were in light blue prison scrubs, and the room was carved out of…
Read MoreNew Century Education and Juvenile Justice Detention Alternatives New Century Education Foundation (Montclair, NJ) is a not-for-profit publisher of educational software that is research based and uniquely designed to diagnose and remediate students and adults with deep skill gaps in their education. In Alabama, New Century works with the Special Program for Achievement Network (SPAN)…
Read MoreThe results are in, and two Camelot Excel Academies in Philadelphia have increased math and reading test scores. From the data collected from the 2011–2012 academic school year, the average student at Excel Academy North raised his or her math grade level by 4.1 years. Generally, 77 percent of students rose by two grade levels.…
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