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Public Education and Charter Schools at this Moment in History
CEO, Marco Petruzzi, shares with TOWN HALL LA how Green Dot Public Schools is revolutionizing the public school system. Petruzzi addresses how Green Dot achieves better student outcomes with lower per pupil funding, a unionized workforce, and operates only in high need communities.
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Renewal & Reflection: Which Green Dot Values will Guide us in 2017?
As we enter a new year, there is much to consider from the past year that can help support our mission to transform public education so that all students graduate prepared for college, leadership, and life. There are many elements of our work that are truly valuable to student growth and community revitalization–both core parts of Green Dot’s model.
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Support Green Dot to Create Opportunities for All Students
We imagine a future when every child, regardless of what neighborhood they live in, can enjoy excellent public schools, safe streets, and fulfilling careers. With your partnership, we believe that our cities can achieve this dream.
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It’s No Secret, Engaged Parents Help Students Succeed
We strive to engage parents in their child’s education because we know that parent engagement supports student success. Green Dot is committed to creating a bridge between students’ home life and our schools.
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Green Dot Featured in 2017 SXSWedu Conference and Festival
We are thrilled to announce that Green Dot Public Schools was selected to engage a broad community of educators and industry leaders at the next SXSWedu in Austin, TX!
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Meet the Next Great American
Your support this holiday season can help put students on the path to college. By helping promote our campaign throughout your networks, you can help amplify the support that Green Dot needs to serve our students, communities, and schools.
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United Parents and Students Assemble for Change
The third annual United Parents and Students Assembly elevated a future where students had safe and clean paths to school, where parents had jobs that paid a living wage, and higher education was more accessible to students.
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School Lottery Form: The Ticket to Your Child’s Future
In our network of schools, all means all — students with special needs, student who are learning English, students who need to catch up, and students who excel are all equally welcome to learn and grow at one of our excellent schools.
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Liberty and Justice for All
It is our collective responsibility and obligation to ensure we live in a country that values, preserves, and exalts the lives of black youth and adults, and that we have a true belief in the potential of all, not just a few.
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Election Day, the Green Dot Way
All year, Green Dot Public Schools’ Community Engagement team has been working with our students and their families as part of our Green Dot Votes Initiative. Through voter education and outreach, our Green Dot voters, both experienced and new, are more informed about the ballot measures that matter most to them.
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Education Innovations Build Good Citizens
At Green Dot Public Schools, we see public charter schools as innovation factories, environments where there is the freedom to explore different ways of teaching and engaging students as well as the communities they serve.
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Building a Next Generation Internship Program
Throughout the summer at the Green Dot Public Schools’ home office, there were a half-dozen new faces working at desks, attending meetings, and walking the hallways. They belonged to the students in Green Dot’s first-ever internship program.
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“A more Perfect Union” The Importance of Labor Day
As we reflect on the history and the meaning of Labor Day and rightly celebrate organized workers’ accomplishments, we must work to expand those to all in our nation, and to think and stand for the whole, seeing our country truly as “one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
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Back to School 2016-2017: Looking Ahead to the New School Year
As the new school year kicks off, we have been bustling with many details on all of our Green Dot Public School campuses.
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Educators Have the Power to Change Outcomes for Students
Recently the New York Times published an editorial called “The Common Core Costs Billions and Hurts Students”. In response, former LAUSD Board Chair and LAUSD Superintendent- both Green Dot Public Schools Board Members- offer their thoughts.
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#HopesAndDreams for the New School Year
Christina de Jesus at AGDD 2016 from Green Dot Public Schools on Vimeo. Angel Maldonado at AGDD 2016 from Green Dot Public Schools on Vimeo. Marco Petruzzi at AGDD 2016 from Green Dot Public Schools on Vimeo. Tim Ojetunde at AGDD 2016 from Green Dot Public Schools on Vimeo. As an organization, Green Dot Public…
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Building Confidence One Scene at a Time: a Spotlight on Drama Programs at Green Dot
We believe arts education is so critical that Green Dot Public Schools has incorporated classes such as drama into its daily curriculum. Drama teachers throughout Green Dot’s campuses all share the same conviction: that arts classes are essential pieces to a student’s education.
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Ease into the First Day of School with Summer Bridge
Summer Bridge is offered to all incoming sixth- and ninth-graders – those students taking the big step from one school environment to another. The program is meant to ease those first-day fears students experience when stepping onto a new campus.
Strengthening Community Hubs, One Green Dot School at a Time — Now in Florence-Firestone
As Green Dot Public Schools prepares to open a new middle school, Ánimo Florence-Firestone Middle School, in the fall, it isn’t hard to pin down why founding Principal Josh Hartford is excited about the new campus and community we are serving.
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Becoming a #GreenDotGrad to make College Dreams Come True
Green Dot Public Schools experienced many thrills during our graduation ceremonies in June. But the biggest one of all is the success of our thousands of graduating seniors. Making college dreams come true is really what drives everyone at Green Dot. We believe, we know, that a college education can be life-changing. We see proof of that each time one of our past grads returns to campus.
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