Pulaski County Special School District joined the only regional approach to academies in the nation in collaboration with the Little Rock Regional Chamber and the Jacksonville North Pulaski, Little Rock, and North Little Rock school districts. Ford Next Generation Learning (NGL) created an academy model and is assisting the districts with building a thorough understanding of academies throughout the implementation process.

The Academies of PCSSD will better prepare scholars for college and careers. The Academies will offer pathways that provide scholars with an opportunity to transfer the language of the classroom to a real-world career experience. Local business and industry leaders partner with our academies to provide these experiential learning opportunities for our scholars making learning more meaningful.

As the Academies of PCSSD become wall-to-wall, juniors and seniors will be able to job shadowing, earn industry certifications, participate in meaningful internships, and complete projects with a host of business & industry leaders making learning relevant to the scholar today in preparation for tomorrow. Scholars develop technical and soft skills needed to be college and career ready so they are prepared to enroll, enlist, and employ after high school.