Martin Luther King, Jr. Leadership Academy is a specialized program of Miami-Dade county Public Schools where intensive support in academics and social development are key components of its successful teaching techniques. While the program does provide basic academic education to youth who face challenges in the traditional classroom setting, the dedicated teaching staff also infuses the courses with the nonviolence methodology of the late civil rights leader Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – a unique educational approach to instilling discipline and stimulating behavioral changes in the youth.

The Academy, administered by Metro-Miami Action Plan Trust, provides guidance to students in grades 6-9*. In addition to basic academics, the students enjoy diverse cultural peer interaction, job skills development, youth entrepreneurial training, judicial awareness activities, budget and household management, individual counseling sessions, and Kingian nonviolence training. As a result, the students receive positive reinforcement, self-assurance, and personal attention supported by a small student-teacher ratio.

*The School is no longer accepting grade 10 students.