Green Dot Public Schools (GDPS) is a non-profit educational organization charter school district headquartered in DowntownLos Angeles, California, that operates 18 public schools in Greater Los Angeles, including nine charter high schools,[1] five schools in Tennessee, and one middle school in Texas.[2]
The organization was founded by educator Steve Barr in 1999. The schools that Green Dot operates in California are each named Ánimo, the Spanish word for rigor and strength. The graduation rates of schools operated by Green Dot are higher than those of the Los Angeles Unified School District; in the 2014–2015 school year, 80% of students graduated from Ánimo schools, compared to 72% that year for LAUSD (79.7% for Comprehensive High Schools.)
In 2006, Green Dot opened five charter schools within the attendance area of Los Angeles' troubled Locke High School. In 2008, a majority of permanent teachers at Locke High School voted to reconstitute the underperforming school as a Green Dot Charter School.[3][4] In 2014, Green Dot served some public schools in Memphis, Tennessee, that were previously operated by Memphis City Schools.
Previously, Green Dot operated three schools in Washington, but closed two of them in 2019 citing financial troubles, and parted ways with the other.[5][6]
Green Dot serves middle and high school students in and around Los Angeles, California. The five Green Dot schools that opened prior to 2006 are achieving high results on several key metrics compared to neighboring traditional public schools. Green Dot's first campus, Ánimo Leadership High School in Inglewood, has an API score of 806 compared to the 589 score of neighboring LAUSD Hillcrest High school.
In 2008, a Los Angeles Times op-ed by Ralph Shaffer, professor emeritus in history at Cal Poly Pomona, raised numerous concerns about plans for Green Dot to "operate Locke High School during the regular school year" and predicted failure.[7] UCLA's National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing evaluated Green Dot's Locke Transformation Project, finding generally positive results. The CRESST Evaluation claims, "results from matched samples of students suggest that 9th graders who entered GDL generally performed better on a range of student outcome measures than they would have if they had attended a comparable LAUSD high school." Countering concerns that Green Dot would simply purge students who proved more challenging to educate, the CRESST Evaluation concludes, "GDL students were very similar to Locke’s demographic profile prior to the GDL transformation, as well as to comparison students from GDL feeder schools who attended three comparison high schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)."[8]
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Green Dot Public Schools has 25 charter schools:[9]
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^"Our Schools". Green Dot Public Schools. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
^Whitmire, Richard (September 26, 2017). "Green Dot Public Schools: Not Just About Getting Students Into College, but Getting them Into the Right Ones and Keeping Them There". The 74 Million. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
^Stokes, Kyle; Javier, Carla (February 20, 2018). "LA's Notorious Locke High School is Improving. Is It Still 'Failing'?". KPCC. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
^Dornfield, Ann (June 10, 2019). "Parents react to sudden closure of Kent charter school". KUOW. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
^Tyshler, Sasha. "SCHOOL HIGHLIGHT: Rainier Valley Leadership Academy".
^Shaffer, Ralph E. (August 7, 2008). "Green Dots empty promise". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
^"Schools". Green Dot Public Schools. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
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This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources Green Dot Public Schools news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2008 Learn how and when to remove this message For other uses see Green Dot disambiguation Green Dot Public Schools GDPS is a non profit educational organization charter school district headquartered in Downtown Los Angeles California that operates 18 public schools in Greater Los Angeles including nine charter high schools 1 five schools in Tennessee and one middle school in Texas 2 Green Dot Public SchoolsLocationCaliforniaInformationTypeCharter school districtFounded1999FounderSteve BarrWebsitegreendot wbr org The organization was founded by educator Steve Barr in 1999 The schools that Green Dot operates in California are each named Animo the Spanish word for rigor and strength The graduation rates of schools operated by Green Dot are higher than those of the Los Angeles Unified School District in the 2014 2015 school year 80 of students graduated from Animo schools compared to 72 that year for LAUSD 79 7 for Comprehensive High Schools In 2006 Green Dot opened five charter schools within the attendance area of Los Angeles troubled Locke High School In 2008 a majority of permanent teachers at Locke High School voted to reconstitute the underperforming school as a Green Dot Charter School 3 4 In 2014 Green Dot served some public schools in Memphis Tennessee that were previously operated by Memphis City Schools Previously Green Dot operated three schools in Washington but closed two of them in 2019 citing financial troubles and parted ways with the other 5 6 Contents 1 California School results 2 Schools 2 1 California 2 2 Tennessee 2 3 Texas 3 External links 4 ReferencesCalifornia School results editGreen Dot serves middle and high school students in and around Los Angeles California The five Green Dot schools that opened prior to 2006 are achieving high results on several key metrics compared to neighboring traditional public schools Green Dot s first campus Animo Leadership High School in Inglewood has an API score of 806 compared to the 589 score of neighboring LAUSD Hillcrest High school In 2008 a Los Angeles Times op ed by Ralph Shaffer professor emeritus in history at Cal Poly Pomona raised numerous concerns about plans for Green Dot to operate Locke High School during the regular school year and predicted failure 7 UCLA s National Center for Research on Evaluation Standards and Student Testing evaluated Green Dot s Locke Transformation Project finding generally positive results The CRESST Evaluation claims results from matched samples of students suggest that 9th graders who entered GDL generally performed better on a range of student outcome measures than they would have if they had attended a comparable LAUSD high school Countering concerns that Green Dot would simply purge students who proved more challenging to educate the CRESST Evaluation concludes GDL students were very similar to Locke s demographic profile prior to the GDL transformation as well as to comparison students from GDL feeder schools who attended three comparison high schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District LAUSD 8 Schools editGreen Dot Public Schools has 25 charter schools 9 California edit Animo City of Champions High School Animo Compton Middle School High School Animo Ellen Ochoa Charter Middle School Animo Florence Firestone Middle School Animo Inglewood Charter High School Animo Jackie Robinson Charter High School Animo James B Taylor Charter Middle School Animo Jefferson Charter Middle School Animo Leadership Charter High School Animo Legacy Charter Middle School Alain Leroy Locke College Preparatory Academy Animo Mae Jemison Charter Middle School Animo Pat Brown Charter High School Animo Ralph Bunche Charter High School Animo South Los Angeles Charter High School Animo Venice Charter High School Animo Watts College Preparatory Academy Animo Westside Charter Middle School Oscar De La Hoya Animo Charter High School Tennessee edit Bluff City High School Fairley High School Hillcrest High School Memphis Tennessee Kirby Middle School Wooddale Middle School Texas edit MLK Middle SchoolExternal links edit nbsp Greater Los Angeles portal nbsp Schools portal Green Dot Public Schools websiteReferences edit Mission and Model Green Dot Public Schools Retrieved March 29 2013 Our Schools Green Dot Public Schools Retrieved May 22 2023 Whitmire Richard September 26 2017 Green Dot Public Schools Not Just About Getting Students Into College but Getting them Into the Right Ones and Keeping Them There The 74 Million Retrieved March 29 2018 Stokes Kyle Javier Carla February 20 2018 LA s Notorious Locke High School is Improving Is It Still Failing KPCC Retrieved March 29 2018 Dornfield Ann June 10 2019 Parents react to sudden closure of Kent charter school KUOW Retrieved May 22 2023 Tyshler Sasha SCHOOL HIGHLIGHT Rainier Valley Leadership Academy Shaffer Ralph E August 7 2008 Green Dots empty promise Los Angeles Times Retrieved September 14 2023 Herman Joan L Rickles Jordan Hansen Mark Thomas Larry Gualpa Alice Wang Jia July 2011 Evaluation of Green Dot s Locke transformation project Findings from the 2007 08 2008 09 and 2009 10 school years CRESST Report 799 PDF Report Los Angeles National Center for Research on Evaluation Standards and Student Testing Archived from the original PDF on August 10 2014 Schools Green Dot Public Schools Retrieved March 29 2018 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Green Dot Public Schools amp oldid 1208736122, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
