BES shared key takeaways from our journey to support a more diverse group of school founders and models. We think these can also help authorizers better support great and innovative leaders who can create new, high-quality educational opportunities rooted in equity for all learners.
Category: News
Repost: ChattAcademy to be first dual immersion school for middle, high schoolers
When ChattAcademy Community School, founded by 2021 BES Fellow Nolan McDaniel, opens its doors in 2023, its organizers say, it will be the first school in East Tennessee with a Spanish/English dual immersion curriculum for middle and high school students.
Repost: The role of a teacher is more than teaching a subject, it’s inspiring potential
2021 BES Fellow Mamie Howard has returned to the classroom while serving as a principal resident at University Prep and designing the network’s third campus, set to open fall 2022.
Repost: CRT Law Undermines Texas Charter School for Black and Latino Students
An erroneous outcry around critical race theory created more red tape for 2020 BES Fellow Akeem Brown, complicating the opening of Essence Preparatory, a school designed to celebrate the Black and brown communities who partnered with Brown to co-create it.
Repost: New charter school in Mount Vernon will be the first in a decade in Lower Hudson
Intellectus Prep will be only the third charter school in the Lower Hudson Valley and the first to open in a decade.
BES CEO Aasimah Navlakhi on The Dr. Will Show: The Mobile University for Edupreneurs
BES CEO Aasimah Navlakhi joined host Dr. Will Deyamport, III for a discussion on how BES is building strong schools by building strong leaders.