Sail Future Academy, a local nonprofit private school that teaches disadvantaged teens life skills, has won a prestigious national prize for its unique education model.
Officials with the tuition-free, career preparatory high school recently announced that the Yass Foundation for Education named Sail Future one of the nation’s most innovative and effective education providers. The foundation is part of the Center for Education Reform in Washington, D.C., and the St. Petersburg academy won the “Sustainable” category for its student-led enterprise model.
Over 2,700 organizations from 48 states entered the competition. The foundation awarded eight winners with $500,000, two from four categories: Sustainable, Transformational, Outstanding, and Permissionless Education (STOP). Read more.
