Center for Educational Pathways

Location: National

The Center for Educational Pathways is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping underserved children and their teachers build creative pathways to academic success. Our flagship programs are The Comic Book Project and Youth Music Exchange. We partner with schools, libraries, afterschool programs, and community-based organizations throughout the United States and internationally to promote creativity as a key component to the academic growth and social development of every child.

Highlights:

The Center for Educational Pathways (CEP) is a nonprofit organization that establishes alternative pathways to literacy, learning, and character development for underserved youths, schools, and communities. CEP develops curricula, professional development, and new media resources for student populations most in need. By partnering with schools and community-based organizations, CEP reconnects children to a love of learning through creativity, inquiry, entrepreneurship, and civic engagement. CEP has four separate but closely related objectives.

1) Academic Reinforcement: Youths become better readers, writers, mathematicians, and critical thinkers by engaging in intensive processes leading to youth-generated products.

2) Social and Character Development: Youths develop social skills related to conflict resolution, problem solving, and teamwork, along with enhanced concepts of cultural tolerance and personal identity.

3) Career Pathways: Youths develop career skills by gaining experience in new technologies, business acumen, and marketing strategies, as well as participating in internships focused on job readiness.

4) Community Building: Youths positively impact their communities through the distribution of youth-generated products and community-based performances.

 

Links:

• Center for Educational Pathways - http://www.edpath.org/index.html
• The Comic Book Project - http://www.comicbookproject.org/
• Youth Music Exchange - http://www.youthmusicexchange.org/

Submitted by Shawn Strader on: Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 3:23 pm

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