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Champions for People who need a Second Chance.

Heroes for Organizations Ready for Change.

State-of-the-Art Solutions for Schools,

Community Organizations, Businesses and Cities.

 IGNITION!

 

 Unemployment? Disengagement? Homelessness? Hopelessness? Dropouts? Bullying?

Drug and Alcohol Dependency? Gangs? Campus Violence? Repeating History?

Failure to Launch? Falling further behind?

Still managing the Same Problems?

Let us help you Solve Them. This Year.

 

Virtually every movie has an impossible goal to achieve.

And yet, movie heroes find a way to achieve them.

Virtually every person has an impossible goal to achieve.

Your turn...

 

SOLVING Problems. CHANGING History.

In 1903, bicycle shop entrepreneurs Wilbur and Orville Wright, along with their friends and customers, prove the "truth" of their "Angle of Incidence Theory" at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, with a manned flight of 59 seconds and 852 feet in the air. The Problem of Human Flight?

Problem Solved. History Changed.

 

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Enter Hero School® Social Change Initiatives for the Homeless, the Unemployed and Displaced Veterans...

In 1995, electronics store entrepreneur Tiger Todd, along with his friends and fellow business owners, discover the "truth" of his "Human Change Theory" when the first of over 9,000 homeless individuals attending his "independence" classes, held at Ethyl Pearson Park in Las Vegas, began returning just weeks later as employed and productive community members. That number would increase to over 35,000 over the next decade. The Problem of American Homelessness?

Problem Solved. History Changed.

 

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"I think your Hero Class should be mandatory in every school class for young men so they can stop the repeat life I lived for 36 years..." - Hero School Homeless Attendee  

 

Bring Tiger Todd to your City or School (click)

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 Enter Hero School® for Academic Engagement in Public Schools, Colleges and Universities...

In 1999, Tiger Todd discovers that the same four behaviors common to the first 10,000 homeless people from his active research, were becoming increasingly common among teens attending his presentations at public schools. Knowing where these behaviors lead, he shifts his emphasis to solving the learning problem in public education.

By 2000, a new "treatment" is developed based on Human Change Theory, now called Hero School®, so named after the necessary character transformation undergone by the heroes throughout history, religion, mythology and the movies. Applying this treatment in 45 to 60-minute teen presentations results in immediate decreases in bullying and gang behavior, with simultaneous increases in classroom engagement, vertical learning, and personal responsibility.  And attendance. And test scores. And more. And the graduation problem?

Problem Solved. History Changed.

But for only a few hundred thousand.

Can you help us with the rest?

 

Today, the Hero School league of Educators, Entrepreneurs and Social-Good Organizations who themselves have been changed by the same human "ignition" process are even more committed than ever to solving these and other societal problems, once and for all. By collaborating with like-minded business leaders and heroic organizations, every challenged individual will be given their own opportunity for change.

Will you JOIN US and together we'll rewrite history for every disengaged teen and displaced adult?

 

 Maybe you're the entrepreneur or community leader who holds the key to the next breakthrough the world is waiting for.

We believe in Heroes.

We believe in You.

 

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"There are risks and costs associated with a program of action.

But they are far less than long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction." - John F. Kennedy


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Empowering Same-Day Academic Engagement and Employability, since 1995.

 

Old Methods + New People = Disengagement

Engagement - the greatest unsolved mystery confronting educational, business and social service organizations in America today. 2010 data indicates that less than half of public school children and now, even college students, go the distance and graduate. An estimated $350-billion in productivity is lost annually because over 70% of America’s employees are not engaged at work; and social service organizations continue to watch helplessly as their many sacrifices and resources only seem to amplify  and reinforce dependency among the people they have dedicated their lives to serve or free from poverty.
 
Perhaps an even higher cost is the stress, psychological trauma and burnout among teachers, social workers and case managers who either find their will to live in activities outside of their career or must leave the workforce to address a life-threatening disease caused by too many problems and no solutions. 
 
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*Since 2001, 20% of all Professional Fees are reinvested into our Non-Profit

 

 

Hero School empowers Character Change.

"When we can no longer change our situation,
we are challenged to change ourselves." - Viktor Frankl
 

Hero School® to the Rescue

Today, everyone is part of  "challenged" population. For the first time in history, technology has become more advanced than the people who are subject to it. Hero School is an educational engagement model and self-sufficiency process initially derived from asking and answering the questions, “Why do people repeat history?” and, “How can we engage, motivate and help people solve the problems they're facing?" 16 years since creating the first "life change" class to help homeless individuals in an inner city park become independent, responsible, contributing community members, Hero School® remains the only process that can produce rapid and lasting life change among challenged and challenging populations - and  as we later discovered, everyone else.

Today, Heroes Incorporated develops and delivers Hero School-licensed human engagement systems and processes for Businesses, Educational Institutions and Social Service Agencies that are proven to empower revolutionary and sustainable change for their greatest asset, their people. CLICK HERE FOR CHANGE.*

 

HOW WELL ARE YOUR STUDENTS AND STAFF INTEGRATING

THEIR INNER AND OUTER LIVES?

Successful movie scripts simultanously address both the inner and outer journeys of their characters. We believe the same is true with Real Life Scripts. Hero School® keynote presentations, workshops and collaborative initiatives educate and motivate attendees inner and outer lives, simultaneously. Every Hero School® presentation quickly engages audiences, motivating human development and character change by evoking life purpose, desire and meaning from within each participant and audience member, quickly creating integrated individuals empowered to produce real-world results and measureable outcomes. This translates into significantly increased engagement, intrinsic motivation and commitment to completion. CLICK for BUSINESS or EDUCATION

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NEW! Hero School Academic Engagement Series

for Colleges and Universities

 

"Truth is what works." - William James 

Hero School has been the Academic Engagement Leader for public schools, foster care and social service organizations for more than a decade. In 1999, we sounded the alarm when we discovered the same habits that were producing homelessness and dependence among adults on the streets were being displayed by public school children. Today, the entire country is now in agreement that ENGAGEMENT is the PRINCIPAL THING.

Hero School's State-of-the-Art Engagement Process IMMEDIATELY empowers students to Go The Distance, provides educators with the respect, support and solutions they need, AND increases school attendance, test scores and retention by double and triple digits. Is your school READY FOR CHANGE? LEARN MORE

 

DID YOU KNOW...
Hero School® is ready and able to help those who cannot help themselves? Since 1995, we have helped over 30,000 homeless and displaced individuals rebuild their lives while simultaneously helping over 150,000 teens create theirs.
 
 
Now you can help those in greatest need of change by partnering with us in programs for the homeless, youth, the incarcerated and any other demographic that needs barriers removed or that has repeated history for too long. Partner with us by sponsoring a Hero School Initiative at your favorite non-profit organization, or help fund on-going initiatives by clicking NON-PROFIT INITIATIVES.
 
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You already have most of the answers.

"Talents are best nurtured in solitude;

Character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world." - Goethe

 

SUBSCRIBE to our Heroes Journal (sample below), our quarterly Hero Support publication for heroes and heroines everywhere. In it you'll find not only stories of heroism from everyday life, but also articles and strategies from education, health, motivation, business and organizational behavior that will increase your effectiveness as the heroes in your world.

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"A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom."

- Bob Dylan 
 
Honoring the many Heroes and Heroines who risk their lives so that we can be free to live our lives.
 

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HERO SCHOOL® and The Character Must Change® ARE REGISTERED TRADEMARKS OF HERO SCHOOL INC.
ALL PROGRAMS AND CONCEPTS ©1998-2012 HERO SCHOOL INC.

 

 

Testimonials

Here you can read letters and testimonials from Hero School participants. 

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