SCOLA is a non-profit educational agency serving all of Lackawanna County since 1979. SCOLA trains volunteers and then matches them with a single student or a group of students. SCOLA provides free, confidential instruction to adults (16 years of age and older and out of school) in reading, writing, math, and/or life skills. SCOLA provides this instruction for both literacy (American-born) and ESL (English as a Second Language) students.