Inspiring at-risk students to learn through self-directed, self-motivated exploration is Ad Astra Academy's primary aim: such sustainable results will benefit marginalized communities in unpredictable and immeasurable ways. With this in mind, Ad Astra supplies classrooms with relevant math and science materials, offering eager learners appropriate resources. In consultation with education and economic development experts, we track students’ immediate and long-term progress to establish the program’s efficacy. Ultimately, the most important indicator of a student’s future academic success is her desire to learn, and we believe we can instill a life-changing thirst for knowledge in a fiscally efficient manner by helping students participate in the far reaches of humanity’s explorations.

We’ve worked with over 200 students in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Villalba, Puerto Rico; Lagos and Port Harcourt, Nigeria; Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh; and Oakland, California.

The Ad Astra Academy’s first publication on the effects of our pedagogical approach [can be found here]. Please see [Ad Astra Academy's homepage] for more details about the organization and its activities.