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Brett Peiser

Managing Director, Uncommon New York City

Brett Peiser is Managing Director of Uncommon Schools New York City and oversees its network of 14 schools in Brooklyn, serving nearly 3,000 elementary, middle, and high school students, ultimately expanding to 8,000 students in 20 schools.  The network’s first two middle schools, Williamsburg Collegiate and Kings Collegiate Charter Schools, are the #1 and #10 highest scoring schools in New York City on the NYC Department of Education Progress Reports since the DOE began issuing Progress Reports in 2006.  Mr. Peiser is the Founder and former Principal and Executive Director of Boston Collegiate Charter School, one of Massachusetts’ highest performing public schools.  Mr. Peiser is a graduate of New York City Public Schools and a former History Teacher at Midwood High School in Brooklyn.  Mr. Peiser received a BA from Brown University and a MPP degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where he also earned the 2001 Rising Star award.

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