Union/Charter School partnership
Union-friendly charter school opens in South Bronx
Green Dot currently operates 18 public charter high schools in Los Angeles’ highest-need communities that consistently graduate students with high levels of achievement, including six opening this fall as part of its restructuring of Locke High School in the Watts area of South Los Angeles. Its schools have no more than 500 students each and they implement a college preparatory curriculum for all of its students. The firm has produced solid results for its students, graduating 98 percent of its seniors with three quarters of them going on to four-year universities.
“The Green Dot School in the South Bronx represents a new progressive vision for public schools in America,” said Steve Barr, founder and chief executive officer of Green Dot Public Schools. He added, “All schools should be small and autonomous, where every child learns and graduates college-ready. Schools should have the best paid union teachers who believe in our children as much as we do. We believe this type of partnership can create sustainable education reform throughout the country.”