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YES Prep Southwest attains honors from the Texas Business and Education Coalition, again!

September 10, 2010 by Jeremy Jones

Congratulations! YES Prep Southwest Campus in your district has made the Texas Business and Education Coalition Honor Roll for 2010. We are pleased to announce that your school is included in this very select group. Of the more than 8,000 Texas public schools less than 4% will be so honored.

The TBEC Honor Roll is the most prestigious award for sustained, academic excellence in Texas. It recognizes schools that have demonstrated three years of consistent, high performance in all subjects compared to other schools serving similar student populations. TBEC Honor Roll schools have the highest percentage of students performing at the state’s most rigorous standard-commended- in every subject. You and your school have truly earned a place on the Honor Roll through hard work and student

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The 100 Percent Promise: US News & World Report

September 02, 2010 by Jill Willis

U.S. News & World Report's most popular issue, "Ranking Best Colleges," includes a two-page feature on YES Prep Public Schools and our college-bound culture: "The 100 Percent Promise." The magazine is on newsstands now, so be sure to pick up a copy to read more about our students, staff and mission to prepare 10,000 college ready students in Houston!

CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE

Excerpts from The "100 Percent Promise"

"In the past 10 years, 100 percent of [YES Prep's] graduates have been accepted to four-year colleges. Marquez was not about to break that track record. 'I'm going to college,' says the freshman at Austin College in Sherman, Texas. 'A lot of my other friends can't say that.'

"The success rate would be remarkable for any public high school, but the

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How YES Prep is becoming the best place in the country to grow as an educational leader

September 01, 2010 by Bill Durbin

YES Prep Public Schoolsstrives to be the best place in the nation to develop and support educational leaders.  To this end, we have developed three key leadership development opportunities.  First, we have implemented a Leadership Cohort Training Model that meets three times throughout the year to discuss and practice goal-setting, team development, meeting facilitation, and prioritization of competing demands.  This cohort is for new team leaders with roles such as grade level chair, dean of students, dean of instruction, student support counselor, content specialist, course leader, or operations manager.  Eighty of YES Prep’s current leaders attended the two-day introduction session this summer, and they will receive another day in the fall and one in spring.  These follow-up days

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Best Selling Author Dan Heath Addresses YES Prep, KIPP Houston and Teach For America

August 23, 2010 by Jeremy Jones

 "Companies spend millions of dollars on ways to get our students’ attention for a few seconds. You (teachers) have hours, weeks and months with them. What will you do with that time?"

- Dan Heath, author of Made to Stick, from the 2010 Kinder Excellence in Teaching Awards

It was a grand night to see the power that three great organizations (YES Prep, KIPP Houston, and Teach For America) are having on the educational reform landscape in Houston. On top of all the award recipients, the audience represented a who’s who of school leaders, teachers and supporters of our organization that are enacting true change on Houston. This was not lost on the keynote speaker, best selling author Dan Heath, who lamented that this room was not a representation of what education looks like as a

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Five YES Prep teachers receive the Kinder Excellence in Teaching Award

August 22, 2010 by Allison Poarch

Last night over 700 faculty and staff from YES Prep, KIPP and TFA gathered at the Hilton-Americas for the Be the Change Dinner. After a cocktail hour and three-course meal, five teachers from each organization were recognized with the Kinder Excellence in Teaching award. This is the second year that Nancy and Rich Kinder have funded this award, and we are truly grateful for their generosity. Below are the 5 YES Prep teachers that went home with a much-deserved $20,000 check for their outstanding work in the classroom:  

Karen Autrey

Ms. Autrey started teaching at YES Prep eight years ago and has since become a role model for YES Prep Southeast. She teaches classes ranging from AP Language and Literature to Spanish III, and her students consistently rank among the highest on campus

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