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National Academy Foundation Featured on CBS' Early Show

10/05/09

The National Academy Foundation (NAF) was featured on CBS’ Early Show on Saturday, October 3, 2009. Hosts Erica Hill and Jeff Glor spoke with NAF Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Citigroup, Inc., Sandy Weill, along with NAF alumna Jacqueline Burgos.

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A Conversation with NAF President JD Hoye and NAF Alumni 11/4/2009

2009 marks the 40th anniversary of career academies, standing the test of time, and showing significant growth across the United States. Recently, National Academy Foundation President JD Hoye sat down with NAF alumni Jeff McCall and Mohammed Alam to talk about their experiences at NAF Academies, and how their academies prepared them for their college and careers.

National Academy Foundation Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Career Academies 11/4/2009

New York, NY…..The National Academy Foundation (NAF) is celebrating the 40^th anniversary of the first career academy. NAF supports one of the largest career academy networks in the United States, with over 500 NAF Academies in 41 states and the District of Columbia. The first NAF Academy was founded 27 years ago. The first career academy was started in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at Edison High School. In the 2004 National Center for Education Statistics Schools and Staffing Survey, 4,800 high schools nationwide reported having at least one career academy, defined as “a multi-year program in which the curriculum integrates academic and career/technical education courses organized around one or more broad career themes.”

"The development of the first career academy 40 years ago planted a seed that has grown into thousands of successful career academies nationwide," said JD Hoye, President of the National Academy Foundation. "Over forty years we have seen how career academies can change young people’s lives and support them toward attending college and entering professional careers." >

NAF Founder Sanford Weill Receives Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy 10/9/2009 >

Major US Companies Join To Create 21st Century Career Courses 7/7/2009 Phoenix, AZ…..The National Academy Foundation (NAF), at its 2009 Institute for Staff Development being held in Phoenix, AZ from July 9-11, 2009, will be training over 1,000 teachers from high schools across the country to implement and use new curriculum focused in the areas of finance, hospitality & tourism, and information technology. The curriculum has been developed with the support and input of a number of major companies, to support NAF career academies in high schools across the United States. >

News & Events

Featured Event

Seattle Academies of Finance Case Competition

6:30pm Apr 19, 2010

In a competition created by an AOF alumna, students from Seattle’s Academies of Finance analyze Harvard Business School case studies. They are partnered with undergraduate mentors from the University of Washington’s business school and compete for scholarship money. In 2009, 42 teams from three high schools participated in the contest. The school competition and final competition for this event will be held Monday, April 19, 2010. >