Work experience program at New Directions Secondary School boosts attendance and empowers Bronx youth

At New Directions, a small transfer school in the Claremont neighborhood, a work experience program is spurring gains in attendance and helping young people learn valuable skills. 
New Directions has just 140 students and is geared towards those who haven’t been successful in traditional high schools. These students are often “overage and undercredited,” meaning they should have already graduated or are significantly behind in credits towards graduation, and some are inter