Four Aspire Schools Named to California Business for Education Excellence Honor Roll
Ed Results: 2011 California Business for Education Excellence Honor Roll
Aspire Junior Collegiate Academy, Aspire Lionel Wilson College Preparatory Academy, Aspire University Charter School, and Aspire Vincent Shalvey Academy were all named to the 2011 Honor Roll for their excellent student achievement.
Aspire Schools Win Silver and Bronze Medal from U.S. News and World Report
U.S. News and World Report: Annual Ranking of Top High Schools
Aspire Lionel Wilson College Preparatory Academy won a Silver Medal for their success in accelerating student achievement and preparing students for college. Aspire Benjamin Holt College Preparatory Academy won a Bronze Medal.
Aspire Innovates to Serve Students with Special Needs
Ed Week: Where's Innovation for Kids Who Need It Most?, 4/20
The Director of the Center on Reinventing Public Education blogs about innovative solutions for special needs students, including Aspire's inclusive classroom approach.
Two Aspire Schools Win California Title I Academic Achievement Awards
California Department of Education: 2011-12 Academic Achievement Award Winners
Two Aspire Schools -- Aspire Junior Collegiate Academy and Aspire Antonio Maria Lugo Academy -- won the Title I Academic Achievement Award for their work driving forward the academic success of low-income students.
Aspire Announces Expansion to Memphis
The leading Memphis daily highlights Aspire's proven track record -- including the fact that 100% of our graduates were accepted to college in 2010 and 2011 -- in reporting on plans to expand to Tennessee.
Thoughts on Public Education: Charter Organizations Expand Outside CA, 4/4
Leading education reporter John Fensterwald on Aspire's plans to bring its proven model -- highlighted by McKiney and Co. as one of the world's top school systems -- to Tennessee.
Education Week: California Charter School Operator Looks to Tennessee, 4/3
Education Week on Aspire's plans to replicate its proven model in Memphis, in partnership with the Achievement School District there.
News Channel 3: State Looks to Charter Schools to Improve Education, 4/3
Local Memphis news outlets covered Aspire's proposal to open schools in collaboration with the Achievement School District.
Four Aspire Schools Win California Distinguished Schools Award
California Department of Education: 2012 Distinguished Elementary Schools, 3/29
Four Aspire schools -- Aspire Vincent Shalvey Academy, Aspire Summit Charter Academy, Aspire Titan Academy, and Aspire Junior Collegiate Academy -- won the 2012 CA Distinguished Schools Award, honoring schools that have narrowed achievement gaps and achieved strong results for all students.
Research Proves Aspire Accelerates Student Learning More Rapidly Than Comporable Schools
The Modesto Bee: Report Praises Modesto Area Charter Schools
The Modesto Bee reports on recent research showing that Aspire moves student achievement further than traditional schools.
Based on research showing that Aspire helps student acheive at higher levels than most other traditional and charter schools, Mathematica and the Center on Reinventing Public Education identified best practices that other educators can adopt.
After a multi-year study of middle school student achievement, Mathematica and the Center on Reinventing Public Education conclude that Aspire drives student achievement at a faster rate than traditional district schools. Additionally, Aspire ranks as a top-performing charter operator, outperforming other charter school organizations.
Two Aspire Teachers Featured On The Teaching Channel
The Teaching Channel: Listening Games
Watch Aspire Berkeley Maynard Academy teacher lead her Kindergarteners in a morning warm up.
The Teaching Channel: Guided Reading
Watch a 5th grade teacher lead her students in small group discussion of literature.
Aspire Vincent Shalvey Academy Parents Sing Its Praises
Aspire parents describe the excitement of "winning" the lottery, the importance of school choice, and the high expectations that have driven their children to succeed.
Aspire Vanguard College Preparatory Academy Honored for College for Certain Successes
Modesto Bee: Target Awards Aspire Vanguard College Preparatory Academy $100K Grant
The Target Corporation and The Ellen DeGeneres Show together selected Aspire Vanguard College Preparatory Academy to receive $100K to continue its ongoing College for Certain efforts.
Aspire Praised as Leader in Teacher Training
Silicon Valley Education Foundation: Focus on Improving Teaching, 1/5
Stanford's Linda Darling-Hammond, an expert in teacher training, highlights Aspire's Teacher Residency as a leader in preparing teachers for effectiveness in the classroom.
Aspire Highlighted As Top Social Investment
Huffington Post: The Power of Social Entrepreneurship, 12/12 In a story about giving that gets results, Aspire is highlighted for its outsized impact on underserved children's lives. Silicon Valley Education Foundation: Aspire shares one of its data tools, 12/7 Aspire, the state's top-performing, large, high-poverty school system, is giving away some of its secret sauce -- completely free of charge. Cabinet Report: Vaunted Classroom Data Management System Offered Statewide, 12/6 Aspire just launched Schoolzilla, a free-of-charge tool to share best practices with local school districts. U.S. Department of Education: 23 i3 Award Winners Announced, 11/10 Aspire is selected as only one of 23 winners from a pool of 600 applicants for the prestigious federal i3 grant award program. Aspire will use the funds to expand its cutting-edge teacher effectiveness technology tools. EdSource: Charter Schools Continue to Expand in CA, 11/10 EdSource discusses the impact of the economic crisis on charter school growth and how some high-performing charter networks like Aspire are considering expansion outside the state. Lodi News-Sentinel: Aspire schools survey parents, use test scores to evaluate teachers, 10/29 In partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and other high-performing charter management organizations, Aspire has rolled out innovative teacher evaluations and supports to ensure a highly-effective teacher in every classroom. With over 12,000 students enrolled for the 2011-12 school year, Aspire has become one of the largest and top-performing charter management organizations in the United States. Cabinet Report: Aspire Now One of Largest Charter School Groups, 10/25 With 20% growth from 2010-11 to 2011-12, Aspire has become the state's largest charter operator -- an achievement marked by Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education. Modesto Bee: Charter Company Making the Grade, 10/26 Aspire has achieved both quality and scale, serving over 12,000 students while still maintaining the flexibiltiy to deliver just what those students need to reach college. Silicon Valley Education Foundation: Charters Experiment with Evaluations, 10/24 Aspire has partnered with other leaders in education reform to pilot innovative teacher evaluation and professional development tools, with the ultiamte goal of ensuring a highly-effective teacher in every classroom. ABC News: East Bay Charter School Becomes Top School in Berkeley, 10/21 Aspire's Cal Prep Academy is profiled by ABC News for its success in preparing students for college, its rigorous academic curriculum, and its collaborative teaching culture. Palo Alto Online: Charter High School Gets New Campus Aspire East Palo Alto Phoenix Academy celebrates the opening of its new campus with a tree planting and ribbon cutting ceremony. TOP-Ed: Aspire's James Willcox on The College Ready Promise Aspire CEO James Willcox and TOP-Ed's John Fensterwald discuss The College Ready Promise, Aspire's partnership to achieve highly effective teaching in every classroom. Fox 40 News: High-Ranking Charter School, 9/22 Fox 40 News profiles Aspire River Oaks Charter School, one of the top-performing schools in Stockton. NewSchools CEO Ted Mitchell: My Best Idea for K-12 Educaton, 9/19 NewSchools Venture Fund CEO Ted Mitchell lists Aspire Public Schools as a high-performing, no excuses network that proves that college success is possible for low-income students. The Economist: The Great Schools Revolution, 9/16 In a review of proven education reforms from around the world, The Economist highlights Aspire's commitment to College for Certain and focus on data. Californai Charter Schools Association: Talking with Teacher of the Year, 9/14 Ms. Dadegin, an Aspire teacher, won the California Charter Schools Association 2011 Teacher of the Year award. Ed Week: Charters Stepping Up To Train Teaches, 9/12 In on overview of school networks that are adopting teacher residency, Aspire is noted as the first such promising example. The School Administrator: Autonomy and Flexibility in Charters, 9/7 Profile of the success at L.A.'s Aspire Firestone Academy in integrating a special needs class of autistic students into a fully-inclusive classroom. Palo Alto Online: East Palo Alto Schools Celebrate Growth, 9/1 Aspire East Palo Alto Charter School was #1 in all of East Palo Alto, with an API of 866. The Stockton Record: S.J. Official Says Federal Target Figures are Misguided, 9/1 As the district faced challenges, Aspire's Vincent Shalvey Academy and Ben Holt Academy continued to produce very high levels of achievement for their low-income students. Lodi News-Sentinel: Lodi Unified District Slightly Improves Test Scores, 08/31 With a record-high API of 932, Aspire Vincent Shalvey Academy remained the top-performing school in Lodi Unified. Press Release: In 2011, Aspire Outperforms Every Other Large High-Poverty School System, 8/31 With an API of 820 and two thirds of our schools exceeding the state's benchmark for high-performing schools, we outperformed every other comparable school system in the entire state. Huffington Post: 18 Low-Tech Learning Innovations, 08/28/11 Tom Vander Ark lists Aspire's high expectations and focus on college as the #1 innovation that can be implemented without high-tech systems. Miller-McCune: Teacher Collaboration Gives Schools Better Results, 08/22/11 In a look at the U.S.'s top-performing school systems, Miller-McCune highlights Aspire's focus on teacher collaboration as a key to excellent student achievement. Ed Week profiled the challenges that seven top-performing charter networks face in scaling up to serve more children. These networks, including Aspire, were identified as top-performing by third parties. The Chronicle writes a front-page profile of Aspire's Teacher Residency Program, explaining the model, highlighting a few new Residents, and drawing connections to the proven medical residency model. Silicon Valley Education Foundation's John Fensterwald focuses on the system-level impacts of Aspire's teacher residency, which provides a proof point for how to create teachers who are "excellent from day one." The Modesto Bee highlights the exciting work of two new teaching residents in Aspire schools in the Modesto area. Contra Costa Times: Aspire Starts Residency Program, 7/4/11 GOOD Magazine emphasizes the linkages between Aspire's residency program and the medical residency model, highlighting Aspire's commitment to combining educational theory, classroom practice, and intensive coaching and mentorship. Sacramento Business Journal: Aspire Teacher Residency Sends 2 to Sacramento Schools, 6/30/11 Aspire provides an overview a successful first year for the first-of-its-kind teacher training program. Valley Community Newspapers covers Aspire Alexander Twilight Academy's expansion to 12th grade and addition of 300 more students. Lodi News-Sentinel covers the fact that all three Lodi Unified Aspire schools scored at 10 out of 10 on CA's "similar schools ranking" -- meaning that these schools are in the top decile of schools with similar demographic profiles. UC Berkeley News Center: Aspire CAL Prep's First Graduates - All of Them - Get Into College, 5/6/11 UC Berkeley highlights the success of Aspire Cal Prep's first graduating class. 100% of Aspire's Class of 2011 gained admission to a four-year college or university.
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson today announced 97 exemplary California public middle and high schools were selected as 2011 California Distinguished Schools as the state's prestigious awards program celebrates its silver anniversary. "These schools are being recognized for attaining high levels of performance and sustained growth, and for making significant progress in closing the academic achievement gap," Torlakson said. "Becoming a Distinguished School is a direct reflection of the dedication, hard work, and vision of each school's education community. They have succeeded despite a bleak economic environment and have endeavored to maintain their momentum and focus." State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson today announced that 209 California public schools have been selected for the 2010-11 Title I Academic Achievement Award, including Aspire Port City Academy, Aspire Antonio Maria Lugo Academy and Aspire River Oaks Charter School. The Title I Academic Achievement Award is given only to schools receiving federal Title I funds as authorized by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Title I is the single largest federal educational program for K-12 public education. Title I funds assist schools in meeting the educational needs of students living near or at the poverty level. Of the more than 9,000 schools in California, more than 6,000 of them participate in the Title I program. East Palo Alto residents witnessed the first groundbreaking for a new public school in 40 years. The $13 million new campus on Garden Street will serve the students of Aspire's East Palo Alto Phoenix Academy. Aspire Public Schools is achieving outstanding academic results while operating in a state with inequitable funding for public charter school students, according to a report released today by Bellweather Education Partners and Civitas Schools. The report, "Location, Location, Location: How would a high-performing charter school network fare in different states?" analyzes Aspire's 2006-07 financial records to determine how the charter management organization would have fared funding-wise in 23 other states. Aspire Public Schools, California's largest charter school operator with 30 campuses, plans to open as many as 45 new campus over the next decade, said CEO James Willcox. The Oakland-based nonprofit, which offers kindergarten through high school, was recently named one of the world's 20 most improved schools systems - one of only three in the U.S. - by the consulting firm McKinsey and Co. after producing impressive results on standardized tests. Aspire now educates about 10,000 children in California, more students than most of the state's school districts. By 2020, it aims to expand to 75 schools. The U.S. Department of Education gave Aspire a $6 million expansion grant this year, with the potential for another award of the same size to follow. Aspire, in conjunction with four other organizations, also landed a seven-year, $60 million Gates Foundation grant to develop new teacher preparation, evaluation and compensation systems. Aspire Public Schools today unveiled its new facility for Aspire Pacific Academy, the eighth Aspire school and its first high school within the Los Angeles region. The new campus will accommodate a growing demand in the city of Huntington Park and will serve 570 students at capacity. Pacific Academy joins Aspire's Los Angeles family of six elementary schools and one middle school, together serving close to 2,500 students. The McKinsey report validates the point that public school organizations can achieve quality results and even improve as they scale. This year, Aspire's four first-year schools averaged 786 on the API, compared to five years ago when Aspire's first-year schools averaged 661. "The McKinsey report is a clear endorsement of the hard work and dedication of the entire Aspire team," said Aspire CEO James Willcox. "More importantly, this report shows that with relentless focus on instruction and the right tools, all public schools can achieve incredible results - even growing systems like Aspire that continue to serve more and more students." California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell congratulated Aspire Public Schools for this presitgious honor. "Aspire Public Schools is doing a great job of preparing students for successful futures. I am so pleased that McKinsey & Company has recognized Aspire for its record of continual improvement for its students and for the Aspire charter school organization itself. I congratulate the Aspire students, teachers, staff, and parents for this significant recognition." U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will today recognize Aspire Capitol Heights Academy as a National Blue Ribbon School at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. Capitol Heights is one of just 25 schools in California to receive what is considered the highest honor for a U.S. school for its record of outstanding student achievement over a five-year period and for helping to close the achievement gap. The steady rollout of Aspire campuses serves as a vivid reminder of the evolving state of public education in California, where charter schools increasingly pose a challenge to traditional public schools by divesting them of students - in some cases their high-achieving students. This regular birthing of new schools is the truest sign of the success of Aspire Charter Schools, whose students produce some of the highest standardized test scores in San Joaquin County. Philanthropedia invited 96 education experts to recommend nonprofits working on school reform, the achievement gap, human capital, instructional improvement, curricular content development, low-performing schools turnarounds, data, standards and assessments, after school programming, summer programming, and/or parental involvement. The best charter schools are not random at all; they significantly and consistently outperform the averages, and they have a lot in common with each other in their ethos and operations. There is also solid evidence that their successes can be reproduced and scaled up in networks such as KIPP (99 schools in 20 states), Uncommon Schools (24 schools in three states), Achievement First (17 schools in Connecticut and New York) and Aspire Public Schools (30 schools in California).
Aspire Launches Groundbreaking New Data Analysis Tool
Aspire Wins Prestigious Investing in Innovation (i3) Award
Aspire Adds to High-Performing Network with Four New Schools in CA
Aspire's Cutting-Edge Teacher Evaluation Helps Teachers Improve
Aspire Public Schools Is One of the Country's Five Largest Charter Management Organizations
Aspire Partners with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Other Leading CMOs
Aspire's Cal Prep Academy Gradautes 100% of Seniors with College Acceptance
Aspire East Palo Alto Phoenix Academy Celebrates New Campus
Aspire CEO Chats with TopEd.org about Developing Highly Effective Teachers
Aspire River Oaks Charter School Profiled for High-Performance and College for Certain Culture
Aspire Highlighted in Forbes as Top Education Reform Solution
Aspire Highlighted in The Economist As Worldwide Education Reform Leaders
Aspire Teacher Wins Teacher of the Year
Aspire's Teacher Residency Noted as Promising Model for Teacher Training
Aspire's Collaborative Culture Empowers Special Needs Students to Succeed
Aspire East Palo Alto Charter School the Highest Performing School in East Palo Alto
Aspire Vincent Shalvey Academy and Aspire Ben Holt Academy Remain Two of Stockton's Top-Performing Schools
Aspire Vincent Shalvey Academy Top-Performing School in Lodi Unified
Aspire the #1 Large CA School System Serving 2/3 or More Low-Income Students
Aspire "College for Certain" Culture Highlighted as #1 Low-Tech School Innovation
Aspire Teacher Collaboration Plays Pivotal Role in High Student Achievement
Aspire Profiled As Top-Performing Charter Network
Education Week: Charter Operators Face Challenges in "Scaling Up," 8/12/11
Aspire Launches Year Two of Teacher Residency Program
San Francisco Chronicle: Schools Lure Teachers with Training Program, 7/18/11
Silicon Valley Education Foundation: Cutting Teachers' Learning Curve, 7/17/11
Modesto Bee: Teaching Residents to Shadow at Aspire, 7/7/11
Contra Costa Times covers the launch of Year 2 of the residency, highlighting the differences between the Aspire residency model and other teacher training programs.GOOD Magazine: Developing Better Teachers by Training Them Like Medical School Residents, 7/1/11
The Sacramento Business Journal covers the placement of two teacher residents in Aspire's Sacramento schools. Aspire Announces Completion of First Year of Teacher Residency Program, 6/30/11
Aspire Ends 2010-11 School Year With Accolades, Growth Plans, and College Success
Valley Community Newspapers: Aspire Twilight Academy Expanding, 5/12/11
Lodi News-Sentinel: Aspire Lands on List of State's Top Schools, 5/6/11
Aspire Langston Hughes Academy Receives California Distinguished School Award, 4/12/11
Three Aspire Schools Receive Title I Academic Achievement Awards, 3/30/11
East Palo Alto Celebrates Aspire Groundbreaking, 3/1/11
Aspire Public Schools Succeeding Despite California's Funding Inequities, 2/8/11
Charter Schools Expand with Public, Private Money, 1/21/11
Aspire Growing in Size and Influence, 12/19/10
Aspire Unveils New Los Angeles Campus, 11/29/10
Aspire Recognized by McKinsey as one of the World's Most Improved Public School Systems, 11/29/10
Aspire Capitol Heights Academy Recognized As a National Blue Ribbon School, 11/16/10
Aspire's Academic Success has Parents and Kids Excited, 11/14/10
Aspire Named Top Bay Area Middle-Secondary Education Nonprofit by Philanthropedia, 10/17/10
Charter Schools: The Good Ones Aren't Flukes, 10/14/10
Aspire Lionel Wilson College Preparatory Academy featured on National Public Radio (NPR), 9/30/10
Aspire Public Schools, an Oakland-based charter organization that has won accolades for lifting academic achievement of poor and minority students, wins a $6 million federal grant. Aspire says it will use the money to open 15 new schools and enroll 4,500 more students in California. The grant comes a week after Oprah Winfrey gave Aspire $1 million.
Education Secretary Arne Duncan Announces Twelve Grants for $50 million to Charter School Management Organizations, 9/29/10
Aspire Public Schools recently received approximately $5.5 million from the Charter School Grants Program. The purpose of the Program, managed by the Department of Education's Office of Innovation and Improvement, is to increase financial support for these public schools, build a better national understanding of the public charter school model and increase the number of high-quality public charter schools across the nation.
Aspire Principal Robert Spencer Appears on National Public Radio (NPR), 9/27/10
Public schools around the state are laying off staff by the thousands, shortening the school year and eyeing cuts in virtually every program. But amid this crisis in traditional education, there is one exception: charter schools are expanding around the state.
Oprah's Angel Network Donates $1 Million to Aspire Public Schools, 9/20/10
The donation to Aspire follows record academic achievement and today's appearance on "The Oprah Winfrey Show". Winfrey gave the donation to CEO James Willcox before her studio audience during a taping featuring Aspire, which aired on September 20, 2010.
© 2010 Harpo Productions, Inc./All Rights Reserved./Photographer: George Burns. The education conversation will continue on "Oprah" LIVE this Friday, September 24, 2010
Aspire Posts Record Achievement on California's API, 9/13/10
Aspire Public Schools, the largest operator of public charter schools in California, announced that a record 17 schools surpassed the target score of 800, the state's measure of a high performing public school, on California's Academic Performance Index (API)Growth results. Aspire's overall score of 824 made it the highest-performing school system in California serving a majority of high-poverty students.
Stockton Record, 08/30/10
Aspire Rosa Parks Academy student and Stockton resident Sarah Wofford, 10, [shares] the letter she received from President Barack Obama in response to her letter about the oil spill in the Gulf.
Oakland UnifiedSchool District Office of Charter Schools, 05/18/2010
OUSD educators visited Aspire Berkley Maynard Academy in April and May to learn about Aspire's model of instruction, the Partnership's approach to professional learning, and to collaborate.
UC Berkeley's Center for Educational Partnerships 05/01/2010
Aspire CAL Prep is an early-college public charter school, opened in the fall of 2005, as a partnership of Aspire Public Schools and UC Berkeley (led by the Graduate School of Education and the Division of Equity & Inclusion through the Center for Educational Partnerships). Berkeley City College joined the collaboration in 2006. Aspire CAL Prep is open to all with preference given to students who will be the first in their family to attend college.
Stockton Record 04/26/2010
"My goal was just to get one (AA degree), but then one turned into two. Two turned into three. Three turned into five, and here I am, I'm going to have six," said Gray, a straight-A [Aspire Benjamin Holt College Preparatory Academy] student who will attend University of California, San Diego, in the fall.
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Stockton Record 09/29/2009
Aspire Port City Academy's API score of 837 was higher than any school in Stockton Unified, nearly 200 points higher than the district as a whole, and among the best in San Joaquin County.
Press Release 09/17/2009
Statement from Aspire CEO James Willcox:
“After careful analysis of API scores recently released, we are pleased to announce that Aspire Public Schools is leading the way across the state in service of some of California’s most underserved communities..."
Stockton Record 05/27/09
[Aspire Benjamin Holt College Prepartory Academy] is one of three San Joaquin County schools to be named California Distinguished Schools for 2008, an honor that marks excellence in education.
Lodi News-Sentinel 04/20/2009
Ten years ago, Don Shalvey and Reed Hastings set out to create an organization that would generate high-performing charter schools and improve the quality of education to those who may be less served in public school.
Rocklin Times 03/30/2009
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced grants totaling $18.5 million to five school networks that have shown progress in increasing student achievement and preparing students for college and career success. The foundation also announced today that Don Shalvey, co-founder and CEO of Aspire Public Schools, has accepted an offer to join the foundation’s education team, where he will work closely with Phillips and John Deasy, a deputy director of education and former superintendent in Prince George’s County, Maryland.
San Jose Mercury News 02/26/2009
The passage of the stimulus bill last week instantly doubled the federal role in funding schools, with an unprecedented influx of $95 billion. The question is, in education, what will that money buy?
USAToday.com 12/18/2008
Arne Duncan, Obama's Secretary of Education, needs low-cost ideas to improve education in tough times.
Newsweek 12/07/2008
We know by now what works for at-risk kids. The challenge is trying to replicate it.
Los Angeles Times 08/31/2008
America's educational system is falling behind. We must find innovative leaders with a vision who can prepare children for the future they deserve.
The Oakland Tribune 09/17/2006
More universities are forging partnerships with charter schools... including Aspire California College Preparatory Academy in West Oakland run in conjunction with the University of California, Berkeley.
Sacramento Bee 07/20/2006
Area charter school pioneer receives Irvine Foundation award... Don Shalvey, executive director of Aspire Public Schools of Oakland, was one of seven California community leaders honored
Stockton Record 04/18/2006
Charter schools among best in state.
Palo Alto Weekly 04/12/2006
East Palo Alto 'Aspires' for new high school: Charter campus could fill void left by Ravenswood closure 30 years ago.
Stockton Record 02/21/2006
The charter schools - Aspire University Public School, Aspire River Oaks and Aspire Benjamin Holt College Preparatory Academy - have met their growth targets, overshadowing Lodi Unified schools by nearly 100 points.
FastCompany.com 01/06/2006
The Gates Effect: ...CEO Don Shalvey says both he and the Gates staff would like Aspire to move faster. "But we're leaking oil just about everywhere...
UC Berkeley News 08/24/2005
Aspire CAL Prep is a new charter school collaborative between the University of California, Berkeley, and Aspire Public Schools, a leading not-for profit charter management organization. It is designed to immerse students in a culture of high academic expectations, improve their preparation for college, and develop a model teaching curricula for college readiness.
Sacramento Bee 04/16/2005
New school of thought - U.S. law may not be boon for charter facilities.
Oakland Tribune / ANG Newspapers 01/14/2005
In Defense Of Reed Hastings.
FastCompany.com 01/2005
Social Capitalist Awards 2005
Contra Costa Times.com 12/16/2004
Oakland Details Next Round of School Closures
Lodi News-Sentinel 06/2004
Stockton Man Leads Charge Toward Charters
Fast Company Magazine 01/2004
Social Capitalists: Using Business Savvy To Change The World
Fast Company Magazine.com 01/2004
Social Capitalists: The Top 20 Groups that are Changing the World
San Jose Mercury News 12/23/2003
Charter School Group Lauded by Magazine
Los Angeles Times 06/01/2003
Charter School Growth Stumbles
Los Angeles Times 05/23/2003
Charter School Group Gets Gates Grant
Newsweek 03/17/2003
Lesson Plans – Venture Capital Tackles Education Reform
Los Angeles Times 12/11/2002
Foundation Grant to Fund 7 New Charter Schools in State
San Francisco Chronicle 10/6/2002
Charter Schools Take Root
KQED "Forum" Program 05/02/2001
Aspire CEO Don Shalvey on NPR/KQED-FM "All Things Considered" about the current snapshot of the charter schools phenomenon.
Press Releases
Following are samples of some of the most recent press releases on Aspire Public Schools. For more information, please contact Laura Noss, 415-317-4070, laura.noss@aspirepublicschools.org.
September 6, 2005 - Aspire Public Schools Opens Its First School in Los Angeles
December 2, 2004 - Fast Company and Monitor Announce Second Annual Social Capitalist Awards
25 Organizations That Are Using Business Excellence to Engineer Social Change
December 17, 2003 - Fast Company and Monitor Inaugurate Social Capitalist Awards
Using Business Excellence to Engineer Social Change, Local education pioneer Aspire Public Schools a Bay area winner.
December 11, 2003 - Aspire Public School Announces New National Board Certified Teachers
Four educators at East Palo Alto High School earn prestigious national credentials
October 23, 2003 - University Charter School Receives Major Donations from Regional Corporations
The Edward Teller Education Center and E. & J. Gallo Winery support local charter school