Blueprint Education is a non-profit organization located in Glendale, Arizona providing distance learning, curriculum design, and alternative education to students and schools in all 50 states and 20 countries around the world. Founded in 1969, Blueprint Education first offered correspondence learning to migrant worker families in Maricopa County, Arizona.
Blueprint Education offers middle and high school courses that are compatible in content to traditional schools in the United States. Students may take courses either to make up classes or to accelerate the educational process in order to graduate early. Each student learns at his or her own pace through an open-entry/open-exit system.
In 1994, Blueprint Education created a partnership with school districts to extend their students educational needs through alternative methods of learning. The mission of Kids at Hope Academies based on the Kids at Hope belief system is to provide quality service to individuals and institutions through innovations in education. Kids at Hope academies serves 20 districts, 60 schools for children grades 4 through 12 in Phoenix, Arizona.
Arizona State University (Baker & Martinez 1999) evaluated the effectiveness of the Kids at Hope Program enhancements. Almost 2,000 students studied. Statistically significant results demonstrated Kids at Hope positively influenced two success factors; identifying interested caring adults and feeling a sense of acceptance and belonging. Other scales also showed promise including: reporting better grades and participating in extracurricular activities.
Arizona State University West (Bernat, 2002) evaluated the Kids at Hope training programs and found overall a positive impact on attendees. "Almost all attendees who did not believe all youth are capable of success became believers." The training affected how the attendees thought about youth, their relationships with youth and what they can do to become better influences in the lives of youth. A number of attendees (15%) indicated the training provided them with better insight about youth and what they can do to help youth succeed. Accordingly, 17% stated that new programs or services were developed in their organizations based on the trainings.
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