{"id":8147,"date":"2021-09-17T11:36:45","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T15:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/?p=8147"},"modified":"2023-05-31T10:04:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T14:04:18","slug":"cbs-news-uncommon-camden-prep-celebrates-success-of-turnaround-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/ht\/news\/cbs-news-uncommon-camden-prep-celebrates-success-of-turnaround-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS News: Uncommon Camden Prep Celebrates Success of Turnaround Efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/camdenprep.uncommonschools.org\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Camden Prep<\/a>, part of the Uncommon Schools network, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/camden-prep-new-jersey-success-story\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">featured on CBS Evening News<\/a> for its dramatic school turnaround.<\/p>\n<p>In just three years, the percentage of students who met or exceeded proficiency standards in English language arts soared from just 3 percent to 60 percent. Math scores rose from 4 percent to 50 percent at or above grade level\u2014outperforming the New Jersey state average, one of the nation\u2019s highest state-level benchmarks.<\/p>\n<p>CBS celebrated this inspiring achievement by our students, teachers, and leaders, including Camden Prep\u2019s Mt. Ephraim Elementary School principal Susanna Tagoe and kindergarten teacher Dominique Young. Watch the CBS news segment below.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/607416703?h=1497a365b5\" width=\"100%\" height=\"480px\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 28px; background-color: #023f88; padding-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 8px;\"><a style=\"color: #e4891b;\" href=\"https:\/\/camdenprep.uncommonschools.org\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EXPERIENCE CAMDEN PREP<\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Camden Prep, part of the Uncommon Schools network, was featured on CBS Evening News for its dramatic school turnaround. In just three years, the percentage of students who met or exceeded proficiency standards in English language arts soared from just 3 percent to 60 percent. Math scores rose from 4 percent to 50 percent at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/uncommonschools.org\/ht\/news\/cbs-news-uncommon-camden-prep-celebrates-success-of-turnaround-efforts\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":1461,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,1],"class_list":["post-8147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camden","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>CBS News: Uncommon Camden Prep Celebrates Success of Turnaround Efforts - Uncommon Schools<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Camden Prep was featured on CBS for its school turnaround efforts. 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