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KC Business Journal focuses on Diversity, Equity, and Belonging
In The News: KC Business Journal focuses on Diversity Equity and Belonging The Transition Academy's CEO, Kim Riley, recently participated in a Kansas City Business Journal (KCBJ) conversation with thought leaders about the current state of DEIB efforts in our...
KC Business Journal focuses on Diversity, Equity, and Belonging
In The News: KC Business Journal focuses on Diversity Equity and Belonging The Transition Academy's CEO, Kim Riley, recently participated in a Kansas City Business Journal (KCBJ) conversation with thought leaders about the current state of DEIB efforts in our...
TTA Initiative Awarded National Funding
Source: Photo courtesy of Children’s Mercy Hospital IDD Study Team: (top left): Melissa Patterson Hazley, Community-Based Researcher; Julia Ehana, Graduate Research Assistant, UMKC Institute for Human Development (IHD); and Kim Riley, CEO, The Transition Academy....
The Importance of Amplifying New Voices in Education: Meet the 2023 EALA New Champion
Meet the 2023 New Champion: Kim Riley In 2019, Kim Riley founded The Transition Academy (TTA) with a mission to make economic inclusion a reality for youth with disabilities, especially for young people of color who have been historically failed by systems. As the mom...
In the News
KC Business Journal focuses on Diversity, Equity, and Belonging
In The News: KC Business Journal focuses on Diversity Equity and Belonging The Transition Academy's CEO, Kim Riley, recently participated in a Kansas City Business Journal (KCBJ) conversation with thought leaders about the current state of DEIB efforts in our...
KC Business Journal focuses on Diversity, Equity, and Belonging
In The News: KC Business Journal focuses on Diversity Equity and Belonging The Transition Academy's CEO, Kim Riley, recently participated in a Kansas City Business Journal (KCBJ) conversation with thought leaders about the current state of DEIB efforts in our...
The Importance of Amplifying New Voices in Education: Meet the 2023 EALA New Champion
Meet the 2023 New Champion: Kim Riley In 2019, Kim Riley founded The Transition Academy (TTA) with a mission to make economic inclusion a reality for youth with disabilities, especially for young people of color who have been historically failed by systems. As the mom...
Confronting the ‘High School Cliff’: What Young Adults with Disabilities Need to Succeed: Parents, Advocates Battle Confusing Systems That Delay Future Success
Source: Flatland, KCPT-TV. By Vicky Diaz-Camacho and Cody Boston. Gerald Mitchell, 17, is happiest around his cousins, playing Mario Kart and being in the kitchen. Gerald, who was diagnosed with autism at 2 years old, is timid and soft-spoken. But he is quick to...
Announcements and News Releases
Empowering Dreams: The Transition Academy Sparks Career Dreams with Virtual Reality Experience Through Partnership with the Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development
The Transition Academy is taking a pioneering leap into the future with an innovative approach to career exploration. In partnership with the Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development, our students were able to explore different career fields using VR goggles.
Empowering Dreams: The Transition Academy Sparks Career Dreams with Virtual Reality Experience Through Partnership with the Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development
"You can't be what you can't see." - Marian Wright Edelman The Transition Academy is taking a pioneering leap into the future with an innovative approach to career exploration. In partnership with the Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce...
Creating an Inclusive Workplace: Empowering Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Creating an Inclusive Workplace: Empowering Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month #NDEAM, established to celebrate the significant contributions people with disabilities make to the...
TTA’s Kim Riley Named EALA’s New Champion, a National Distinction
Kansas City, MO – The Transition Academy’s Kim Riley is honored to be named the 2023 EALA New Champion! Our passion for promoting equity in education has made us a champion for change. You can hear Kim explaining what this opportunity means to us at TTA here: ...
