Posts Tagged ‘From Our Leadership’
The 74 — Soleo: In Education, the Oldest Form of Discrimination Is the Status Quo. That’s Why Memphis’s Priority Schools Shouldn’t Return to Their Districts
Green Dot CEO Chad Soleo shares his response to the Tennessee’s Department of Education’s proposal to exit all 30 schools in the Achievement School District.
Read More >>Guided by a Belief in the Potential of All Students
Over 15 years ago, a desire to see all children succeed inspired Lajuan Sylvester to leave her role as an operations manager in the private sector and pursue a career in public education.
Read More >>The Broad Center — Cristina de Jesus – An advocate for education
The Broad Center features Green Dot California CEO Cristina de Jesus on their blog.
Read More >>Petruzzi: New Year, Same Call for Perspective on Public School Success
Green Dot CEO Marco Petruzzi follows up on his editorial published in The 74: “I feel it’s imperative that I use this commemoration of the new year to pause and consider an aspect of our education system that has long troubled me: The way we currently measure student performance hurts students, teachers, even you and me.”
Read More >>The 74 — Petruzzi: In Growth-vs.-Proficiency Debate, Data, Trust, and Time Are Keys to True Student Performance
Green Dot CEO Marco Petruzzi makes the case for focusing on growth over proficiency in this editorial for The 74.
Read More >>Statement by Green Dot CEO Marco Petruzzi on the Trump Administration’s Decision to Repeal DACA
We are deeply disappointed and frustrated about this week’s announcement from the Trump Administration repealing Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) over the next six months.
Read More >>In Memoriam: Labor and Education Hero Mike Garcia
This week we honor the life of labor hero Mike Garcia, a powerful leader of labor movements in the west, and a former member of the Green Dot Public Schools Board of Directors.
Read More >>California’s Gold Ribbon Awarded to Three Green Dot Schools
Ánimo Inglewood and Ánimo Leadership were awarded California’s highest educational honor, a Gold Ribbon School Award. They join Ánimo Pat Brown, who received a Gold Ribbon Award in 2015.
Read More >>AIR Program Cultivates Compassion in School Leadership
The leaders at Ánimo Inglewood take personal responsibility for the communities in which they work. They are sympathetic to the needs of others and put their whole hearts into every one of their tasks to support their community with a smile.
Read More >>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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