News – Updates from Green Dot Public Schools

Jan 21 2021

Marshall Street Initiative: Leading Improvement with Hearts, Minds, and ‘Data with a Soul’

Sep 29 2020

Nov 19 2019

LA School Report: Green Dot’s experience shows LAUSD was right to release student growth data because it’s a more meaningful measure of student success

Nov 15 2019

ACPA Celebrated and Supported on The Ellen Show

Mar 21 2018

LA School Report–Emilio Pack and Cristina de Jesus: The only way forward is partnership

Mar 16 2018

Local Memphis–Local Group Promotes Self-Love Amongst Teen Girls Across The Mid-South

Mar 12 2018

LA Times–HBO docu-series ’15: A Quinceañera Story’ showcases L.A. natives Ashley and Zoey, a boxer and a trans Latina

Feb 16 2018

Green Dot Signs On To Joint Statement on President Trump’s FY19 Budget Proposal

Feb 6 2018

CBS: Watts Teachers Turn To Bounce Bands To Help Bounce Grades And Behavior

Jan 31 2018

Celebrating Black History Month with the Achievements of Evelyn Granville

Dec 5 2017

Green Dot Public Schools Named Top Place to Work in Memphis

Aug 17 2017

Green Dot Welcomes Excel Students and Staff to the Family

Jun 28 2017

Vladovic Honors Ánimo College Preparatory Academy For Community Connection

Jun 20 2017

Building a Great School Together in Hickory Hill

May 30 2017

Cleaves Joins Green Dot as Leader of Bluff City High School

May 22 2017

Rainier Valley Leadership Academy to Open in Seattle

May 15 2017

Welcoming a New Green Dot High School in Hickory Hill

Apr 26 2017

Nine Green Dot High Schools Rank in U.S. News & World Report’s Best

Mar 28 2017

USA Today: Mr. Trump, Don’t boost our budgets while cutting education

Dec 13 2016

Breaking New Ground in Seattle

Nov 10 2016

School Lottery Form: The Ticket to Your Child’s Future

Oct 19 2016

Green Dot’s Seattle Washington Middle School has launched!

Destiny Middle School's teaching model is responsive to the needs of all students

Oct 6 2016

Destiny in Year Two: Continuing the Hard Work to Make an Excellent School

Aug 19 2016

Educators Have the Power to Change Outcomes for Students

Jul 14 2016

Strengthening Community Hubs, One Green Dot School at a Time — Now in Florence-Firestone

May 17 2016

Finding the Right Supports to Help All Students Succeed

Apr 21 2016

8 Green Dot Public School High Schools Named Among the Nation’s Best

Apr 15 2016

Nov 26 2015

When Times Are Tough, Give Thanks

Oct 9 2015

From Federal Grants to Fundamental Facts- Get the News About Public Charter Schools

Aug 22 2015

Newsweek Publishes America’s Top High Schools 2015, Green Dot Beats the Odds

Jul 24 2015

Green Dot Washington Opens First Public Charter Middle School in Puget Sound

May 7 2015

#ThankATeacher Day and National Charter Schools Week: Two Reasons to Celebrate

Jan 13 2015

Ánimo Leadership Nominated for Building of the Year!

Jan 7 2015

High Ground News — Opinion: Hillcrest High School prepares students for success

May 1, 2018

Hillcrest High School parent Karen Garrett shares her proud support of the school in an op-ed for High Ground News.

LA School Report–Emilio Pack and Cristina de Jesus: The only way forward is partnership

March 21, 2018

Leadership | Perspective | Press

Green Dot California CEO Cristina de Jesus and Emilio Pack, CEO of STEM Prep Schools, share their perspective about what LAUSD should be looking for in the next superintendent.

ABC 7–Robotics program in Watts offers teens technological path to college

February 21, 2018

Press | Programs

ABC 7 highlights a music video made by Ánimo College Preparatory Academy’s Robotics Team, created for a funding competition.

CBS: Watts Teachers Turn To Bounce Bands To Help Bounce Grades And Behavior

February 6, 2018

Press | Programs | Series

CBS LA covers an innovative way of helping students with high energy manage their energy and increase focus through the use of bounce bands in Ms. Rosati’s class at Ánimo James B. Taylor Charter Middle School.

The 74 — Petruzzi: In Growth-vs.-Proficiency Debate, Data, Trust, and Time Are Keys to True Student Performance

January 25, 2018

Leadership | Perspective | Purpose | Series

Green Dot CEO Marco Petruzzi makes the case for focusing on growth over proficiency in this editorial for The 74.

Supreme Court Ruling is a Victory for Students and Families

October 25, 2018

Beyond the Classroom | Press | Press Releases | Purpose | Series

Earlier today, the Washington State Supreme Court ruled that charter schools are constitutional, and upheld lower court rulings that affirmed the laws that govern and fund charter schools.