 Polis has also founded two charter schools, one with multiple campuses across three states and a post-secondary school, the New America College, for at-risk students.In 2004 he established the New America School, a charter high school that primarily serves older immigrant youth ages 16–21 and has three campuses in Colorado, two in New Mexico and one in Las Vegas, Nevada.In 2005 Polis and Urban Peak co-founded the Academy of Urban Learning in Denver to help youth at risk of becoming homeless or living in unstable living conditions.