Subject: What Makes Uncommon Schools Excellent?
From: Bruce Reed <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 10:01:36 -0400 (EDT)

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Dear John,
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We are pleased to share with you a new report, "Turning Urban Schools into Springboards
to College [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0018FNdflBMrVpC7NCipu-57lmmcvs1HIvBv4QRjru1UGzGOazHLcq-VKUNPvp6Jx9z0wHbfBcyymwWfZ-qjhOcKPBCj94qT4-qGVpbiLIVlPs-ftOtNRPLCSYQB9iXopMTJyAGMWqhxb5qdX0iIc1pFdF8iaD6G-V0k8mCMY2UWN3K1g5H92rBTXgGSWSlYVeQTzJwOTgem-vcYJ5tWW2ROpHedhOWa_Uu9L-ztCnnGJSs4l9J3lrRV5wVFLSQmFVUzScpFJDUePetv8Wq8zY31aKmEBZ5U4OCA_nTycd6cw873xChs_NLzl8tDqx4OQvfyHAzyzeDQoaBCn0t0kORpsSbmESlspgS--ZQGF5ubq4=],"
that details the practices behind 2013 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools winner
Uncommon Schools.

Uncommon's results are remarkable: more than 90 percent of its students graduate
 from high school, and all graduates are admitted to college. All high school seniors
take the SAT, and their average score in 2012 was higher than the college-readiness
benchmark set by the College Board. Students have closed ethnic and income achievement
gaps four times as often as schools across the country with similar demographics,
underscoring the charter organization's commitment to create a college-going culture.

We recently sent a team of researchers to Uncommon Schools, a network of 38 public
charter schools in New Jersey, New York and Massachusetts that serves nearly 10,000
low-income, African-American and Latino students, to learn what practices led to
 these remarkable results.

They found the following strategies have been implemented across the network:

1. A governance structure where each school is co-led by a director who oversees
 operations and a principal who focuses on teacher support;
2. Frequent analysis of data, including quarterly assessments that help principals
and teachers discover patterns in student learning so they can tailor instruction
to reach every student;
3. Consistent and frequent teacher training and support, including intensive coaching
on the techniques of effective teaching and one-on-one weekly sessions with an instructional
leader;
4. A longer school day and year; and
5. A school culture that emphasizes joy, social justice and character.

This new white paper details these practices and the stories behind Uncommon's success.
We hope the findings are practical to the work you do to improve public schools 
in America.

As the 2013 winner of The Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools, Uncommon received
$250,000 for college-readiness efforts. Uncommon is using its prize winnings to 
offer high school and college counseling and mentorship for high school seniors 
and alumni in New York and Massachusetts. The funds will also support the salary
 of a director of college completion, who is helping Uncommon students advance to
and graduate from college.

As you know, we created The Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools to spotlight 
high-performing charter management organizations that, like their traditional public
school counterparts in Broad Prize districts, are making progress toward the goal
of preparing all students, not just the privileged, for life after high school. 
We hope you'll be inspired by the example of Uncommon Schools.

Best regards,

Bruce Reed

President

The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation
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