![]() One of the country’s fastest-growing charter school operators, Rocketship Education, started here. Little Rock has the Waltons, Seattle has Bill and Melinda Gates, Newark has Mark Zuckerberg, and Buffalo has John Oishei, who made his millions selling windshield wipers.įew areas, however, have as concentrated and active a group of wealthy reformers as California’s Silicon Valley. Nearly every metropolitan area these days has its own wealthy promoters of education reform. Preview of Article: Rocketship to Profits Silicon Valley breeds corporate reformers with national reach Schools receiving this designation typically demonstrate high levels of performance and/or growth across all indicators.Welcome to the Rethinking Schools Archives and Websiteīecome a subscriber to read this article. Last year Rocketship United earned the distinction of being one of 48 Reward Schools in Nashville. She hopes to enroll him in another public charter school should that time come. They’re so creative, they’re happy, they’re animated and that’s very important for the kids.”īecause Rocketship Northeast Elementary only goes up to K-5, Morales hopes that the next school her son attends will have a very similar vision and model to Rocketship. It feels like the people that work there have a lot of value. “Going to Rocketship is like going to university in Nicaragua. Morales was especially grateful that her son is able to learn another language and is able to pursue opportunities they didn’t have back in Nicaragua. “They do so many different activities and he’s learning a second language.” can see the difference in him and his advancement emotionally, socially and in general,” said Morales. It had always had a great record of being a great school and son talks about everybody at the school, it’s just great. Her third grade son Mattias also attends Rocketship. Her husband and son immigrated a year ago. Everybody knows everybody.”Ĭlaudia Morales is originally from Nicaragua, recently immigrating to Nashville less than four months ago. And when I go in to volunteer, you can tell that all the teachers treat the kids as kids. “I love it because I’m welcomed in there, it’s a big family thing. She said that there are many students that come from different countries, and they get the help they need and more. If the parents were home, we got to work with them and sit in with them.”īurke especially loved how inclusive and close Rocketship she felt was compared to traditional public school. “They went to full classes within a week or two, had the whole class schedule on Zoom, they had Friday dance-offs and I got to dance with them. And they were already teaching,” said Burke. “One thing I really liked was when COVID hit, that Monday we had teachers on Youtube already. Burke’s friend’s child, who was still enrolled in traditional public school, had been doing most of her learning on her own prior to virtual schooling. And when they went to school they were so below their potential and they would come home and be passed that,” said Burke.ĭuring COVID, Rocketship quickly transitioned to online learning. “The girls before they switched, they were reading all time, they know math-we really pushed that. Both of her girls are currently top students in their grades. COVID LearningĬhantal Burke, mother of twin fourth graders Emma and Lily Dannersmith, enrolled her kids with Rocketship Public Schools after feeling that traditional public school weren’t giving them the stimulation and resources they needed to reach their full potential. Recently two Rocketship parents spoke with the Tennessee Firefly to share their perspective on why they are grateful to be able to send their children to Rocketship Public Schools. The organization launched its first Nashville school in 2014 and just opened its third this school year. Rocketship Public Schools are among the district’s charter operators serving students with a focus on a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)-based curriculum. There are currently more than 30 public charter schools in Nashville, each offering a variety of curriculums for parents to explore and the school district will consider adding handful of new schools this year. Ever since the first one opened in 2003, public charter schools have seen tremendous growth as a schooling option for Tennessee students.Ĭharter schools are public schools operated by independent, non-profit governing bodies that must include parents. ![]()
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