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WHO ARE WE? The Center for Transformational Education is a group of experienced urban educators confronting the crisis of teen-age dropouts and disconnected youth in America. Our goal is to re-engage these young people, show them how to build hope through trust in one another, and organize them to act together to change...
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WHAT DO WE DO? The Center for Transformational Education develops innovative, small group experiences that cultivate self-reliance and mutual trust. These are at the core of a program of transformative organizing that teaches isolated youth how to unite in strong teams to support one another and reconnect themselves to...
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WHAT IMPACT DO WE HAVE? Transformative organizing gives disconnected youth the power to join together to bring about change and reclaim their future. Their unity fosters continuing, personal growth and becomes a source of organized strength to confront the issues and institutions that trouble them and hamper their...
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WHAT INFORMS OUR WORK? Our innovative program is built on a wide body of knowledge, theory and practice. We have learned much from current research, the wisdom of elders and the insights and stories of young people. We invite you to read more in our resource library, which also includes published reports from our own...
The Center for Transformational Education delivers innovative experiences and training with proven capacity to help young people learn to work together and confront their hopelessness by overcoming the mistrust that sustains it.
A Solution to a Crisis
We have a crisis of teen-age dropouts in America. Young people have disengaged from their schools – and their families and communities – because they have lost hope in their future and faith in the adults they should have been able to count on. We offer a way out of this crisis. Our approach bonds young people to one another, changes how they view life, and mobilizes them to act in their own interest. Such transformed, organized youth do not wait passively for help from others but take the initiative to confront their problems in solidarity with peers that they have come to trust.
