{"id":11922,"date":"2018-03-14T12:43:22","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T16:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/?p=11922"},"modified":"2018-03-14T12:43:22","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T16:43:22","slug":"dida-academy-has-student-openings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/dida-academy-has-student-openings\/","title":{"rendered":"Dida Academy Has Student Openings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><u><\/u>Dida Academy is a school-replacement teen learning center serving ages 11-18. Our name comes from the word \u201cautodidact\u201d (auto-DIDA-ct), which means self-taught. We operate 5 days per week from our transit-accessible location in Brooklyn. We leverage design thinking techniques and agile development tools to challenge young people to fully create their ideas with professional support.<\/p>\n<div class=\"m_-753952203695176140aolmail_gmail-m_8396451639706663729gmail-mt10 m_-753952203695176140aolmail_gmail-m_8396451639706663729gmail-size16\">\n<div>We use a 12:1 student-to-mentor ratio and promote partnerships among teens in their learning. Students are encouraged to explore, build, and reflect on the topics and skills that most interest them. Dida supports families through daily accountability, weekly documentation, and quarterly narratives. Based on the individual student\u2019s future plans, Dida guides teens in building a portfolio for financial independence and personal success.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Classes, workshops, and project facilitation take place\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1871732694\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Monday<\/span><\/span>&#8211;<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1871732695\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Friday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0(<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1871732696\"><span class=\"aQJ\">9am-2:45pm<\/span><\/span>). Our offerings are taught by experts, professionals, and experienced teachers. Classes are developed based on student interest and participation is always optional. Each week we take a field trip to a fun and educational destination in New York City.<\/div>\n<div>Apply here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/didaacademy.org\/enrollment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/didaacademy.org\/enrollment\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1521126950801000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGFVA5gMhfKHqTMeuyhtV1S-CLBRA\">didaacademy.org\/enrollment\/<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dida Academy is a school-replacement teen learning center serving ages 11-18. Our name comes from the word \u201cautodidact\u201d (auto-DIDA-ct), which means self-taught. We operate 5 days per week from our transit-accessible location in Brooklyn. We leverage design thinking techniques and agile development tools to challenge young people to fully create their ideas with professional support. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[268],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-studentopenings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11922"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11923,"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11922\/revisions\/11923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}