Education
Newark school offers alternative path to learning
Newark Live, Newark, NJ – September 1, 2009
Urban Academy, an alternative high school that opens here this week, has no tests, no grades and few textbooks. But that’s not what interested Dario McNeil, 16, one of the incoming students. He’s excited about the internship that’s a required part of the curriculum. “I like hands-on. That’s how you learn,” McNeil said. “They are offering something I cannot get out of regular high school.”
