YouthBuild's academic program is designed to prepare students for the high school equivalency exam, a high school diploma, postsecondary technical training, or college.
Trainees alternate a week of classes with a week of on-site construction training.
Young people growing up in poor neighborhoods desire knowledge and skills to help them move forward in life. However, they are often discouraged by an education system that fails to recognize their intelligence, fails to help them overcome learning difficulties, and fails to make learning a meaningful and exciting part of their lives. YouthBuild offers a dynamic alternative. Its personalized, self-paced educational program is a powerful blend of experiential and academic learning that frees students' innate intellectual and creative ability. They soon learn to see math and reading as practical skills needed to accomplish tasks in their daily lives.