Spark provides life-changing apprenticeships to youth in underserved communities across the United States. Spark is the only youth empowerment program in the country that addresses the dropout crisis by re-engaging at-risk students through hands-on, individualized apprenticeships.
These workplace-based apprenticeships--in professions each student has identified as a "dream job"--are...
Spark brings a unique and innovative approach to increasing high-school graduation rates. In partnership with public schools serving high-poverty neighborhoods and businesses in the surrounding community, Spark identifies at-risk students in middle school and creates one-to-one apprenticeships in real workplaces, where youth explore careers and develop the skills and motivation to succeed...