When Empower College Prep (ECP) was founded in 2012 as a tuition-free, values-based school 61 students attended classes in a church basement. Today the learning space for the more than 1000 Preschool -12th grade scholars…

When families are involved in their child’s school experience, research shows that students improve their academic performance. At Empower College Prep (ECP), the K-12 tuition-free, values-based public charter school, we partner with parents to lead…

Tuition-free, values-based Empower College Prep (ECP) was founded in 2012 to prepare scholars to succeed in college, solve real-world problems, and maximize their impact in the world. We do this by providing an academically rigorous…

More and more parents are enrolling their children in schools that educate students from multiple cultural and socio-economic backgrounds. Why? According to a study from Columbia University the benefits of attending a school with a…

Research shows that the earlier and more often you talk with young children about college and career, the more they will envision their future selves attending an institution of higher education. At values-based, tuition-free Empower…

Charter school enrollment is growing. Since the first charter school opened in 1992 in St. Paul, Minnesota, charter schools have served over 12 million students. Charter schools’ uniqueness makes them a popular choice with many…