Green Dot Public Schools

Green Dot Public Schools is the leading public schools operator in Los Angeles and an important catalyst for education reform in the State of California. Its mission is to transform public education in Los Angeles so that all young adults receive the education they deserve to be prepared for college leadership and life. Green Dot's work is directly focused on influencing Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) to transform its failing high schools into clusters of small successful schools and helping the district reinvent itself as one of the best school districts in the country. Green Dot has already opened twelve successful charter high schools in some of the highest need areas of Los Angeles; in doing so it has demonstrated that public schools can do a far better job of educating students if schools are operated more effectively.

Green Dot is focused on leading "School Transformation" projects in which it transforms large, failing schools into clusters of small, successful schools that follow the Six Tenets. Successful School Transformations will provide LAUSD with a model that the district can use to improve all of its failing schools. Additionally, School Transformations will lead to a groundswell of support from citizens, community groups and city leaders, which will put significant pressure on LAUSD to adopt the School Transformation model and implement it on a large scale. Green Dot intends to partner with LAUSD and the Mayor's Office on School Transformation projects rather than carry out the projects on its own. Green Dot launched its first School Transformation in September 2006 as it opened five new small charter schools within a two mile radius of Jefferson High School, the worst performing school in Los Angeles. Its second School Transformation is to transform Locke High School in Watts, including two schools opened in September 2007 and up to five more in fall 2008.

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Green Dot Public Schools is located in Los Angeles, CA. To find out more or to get involved with Green Dot Public Schools, call 213.621.0276 or email info (at) greendot.org

http://www.greendot.org/

Green Dot Public Schools is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization - EIN # 95-4679811.