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Uncommon Schools
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Issue 02
November 2007 |
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Uncommon Schools Welcomes Two Boston Schools to the Network
In the summer of 2007, Uncommon Schools (Uncommon) welcomed two charter schools in Boston, Boston Collegiate Charter School (BCCS) and Roxbury Preparatory Charter School (RPCS), as associate members, making its previously informal relationships with the two schools official. "This happened because it made sense," said Josh Phillips, current co-director of RPCS. "The idea of being able to disseminate our best practices to a more concentrated group of schools is very appealing to us, in addition to professional development training and critical inspections." Uncommon will provide each school with a set of services to support their respective missions and goals, which align with those of schools across the Uncommon network. A natural affiliation has existed for years between these Boston schools and Uncommon, as both schools were founded by current Uncommon leaders...
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Percentage of 7th graders at both Boston Collegiate and Roxbury Prep who scored advanced or proficient on the 2007 Massachusetts state math exam, compared to 26% of 7th graders across the Boston district. This result places the schools at the top of all charter schools in the city.
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From Brooklyn to Boston and Back:
Brett Peiser and Boston Collegiate
On a recent Monday morning, Brett Peiser, founder and former Principal and Executive Director of Boston Collegiate Charter School (BCCS) in Dorchester, Massachusetts, pointed up at panels of wood hung from the ceiling in the school's spacious entrance. "Those are held up by aircraft carrier wire," he said, referring to a type of wire, presumably of an aeronautic caliber, used to secure heavy objects. He shook his head in disbelief that the new site for the school ever reached completion and remarked, "It took us three years from site identification to move-in." (The school, originally called South Boston Harbor Academy Charter School, moved from South Boston to Dorchester in 2004.)...
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Uncommon Schools is a nonprofit charter management organization that starts and manages among the most outstanding urban college preparatory charter schools working to close the achievvement gap in the Northeast. Uncommon builds uncommonly great schools by developing and managing regional networks that are philosophically aligned and highly accountable.
Uncommon Schools is always looking for talented teachers, leaders, and builders to help us close the achievement gap. To learn more, visit www.uncommonschools.org or contact our Recruitment team at recruitment@uncommonschools.org. |
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Roxbury Prep: Small Facility, Skyscraper Results
Evan Rudall, co-founder of Roxbury Preparatory Charter School (Roxbury Prep) and now COO of Uncommon Schools (Uncommon), found his life's passion as a tenth grader at a public school on the South Side of Chicago, when he watched his teacher fall asleep in class.
Recalling the moment from the Uncommon home office recently, Rudall said, "At that moment, I was deeply struck by the fact that while my teacher was sleeping and students were wandering in and out of class, the students at the private Chicago Lab school down the road were being prepared to enter the top colleges in the country. I knew then that I wanted to be involved in education."
The school he founded with John King, now Managing Director of the Excellence and Preparatory Networks at Uncommon...
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