In 1997, Uncommon Schools opened the doors of our first public charter school in Newark, New Jersey. We made a promise to those first 72 students and their families—to provide an outstanding education that would prepare them to graduate from college and achieve their dreams.
For more than 25 years, we have remained dedicated to our founding mission. We are proud to operate 52 schools serving more than 19,000 students across Boston, Camden, New York City, Newark, and Rochester. Every year, we send more than 1,000 young people from economically-disadvantaged communities to college to achieve their dreams.
We believe that every child deserves an outstanding education, and we are committed to working beyond the walls of our schools to achieve that goal. We partner with more than 3,000 teachers and leaders from public school districts in New York and New Jersey to improve classroom instruction. Our books—including Get Better Faster: A 90-Day Plan for Coaching New Teachers and Driven by Data—and professional development workshops have helped millions of teachers around the world achieve better outcomes for their students.
Our schools are joyful and rigorous, full of love and learning, and fiercely dedicated to closing the opportunity gap and changing history.
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