The Eagle Academy is a group of six all-male secondary schools that the New York City Department of Education operates in the city’s five boroughs and Newark, New Jersey. The schools aim to empower at-risk inner city students and guide them along a road to academic achievement to college and beyond. HLN’s Joey Jackson recently spoke with Eagle students and David Banks, author of “Soar: How Boys Learn, Succeed and Develop Character” and founder of the not-for-profit Eagle Academy Foundation.
PHILIP ROSENBAUM 