Fortune Magazine on YES Prep

October 01, 2010 by Jeremy Jones

Fortune Magazine Online's article, "Forget Superman, charter schools are waiting for Oprah" highlights YES Prep's perspective on how the documentary, Waiting for Superman, should affect our fundraising efforts for this year. As a high-performing charter school, YES Prep believes that those who see the film will want to invest in education. And there is no better school to donate to than YES Prep!

Excerpts from the FORTUNE article: READ ENTIRE ARTICLE

"While we are only just approaching October, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas for the charter school movement. Since the documentary Waiting for Superman opened in select theaters last week, a cast of notables have announced a cascade of donations and investment pledges for charters, and it looks it's just the beginning

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The U.S. Department of Education Awards YES Prep with a $5.5 Million Grant!

October 01, 2010 by Ryan Dolibois

YES Prep Public Schools (YES Prep) is proud to announce that we have been awarded $5.5 million through the U.S. Department of Education’s Charter Schools Program (CSP) grant competition. This is the first time the Department of Education has provided competitive grants specifically for the replication and expansion of high performing charters across the nation.

How was YES Prep selected to receive this grant?

The Department of Education launched the grant competition in May and allocated $50 million towards awards for high-performing charters. YES Prep submitted a competitive proposal package that outlined our comprehensive educational model, 12-year track record of success, growth plans and five-year funding needs.

Fifty charters competed for funding—submitting $350

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Deer Park Broadcaster: Oprah Surprises YES Prep Students

September 30, 2010 by Jeremy Jones

One of Houston's community newspapers, The Deer Park Broadcaster, is sharing the great news of Oprah's $1 million gift to YES Prep with its readership.

Oprah Surprises YES Students

by YVETTE OROZO

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Classroom Spotlight: Using Glogster to support digital literacy

September 30, 2010 by Jeremy Jones

Last week, YES Prep Southeast teacher and 2009 Teach For America Houston Corps Member, Marjorie’s Spanish I kids used Glogster to create glogs (interactive posters) about influential Hispanic figures, including Selena Quintanilla Perez, deceased Tejano singer, and Lionel Sosa, marketing visionary. Using the resource, students incorporated text, images, music, and video to demonstrate their knowledge, ideas, and creativity. They presented their interactive posters to their classmates and classroom visitors last Friday, and it was great to see students and staff so engaged by this digital classroom experience.

If you’d like to learn more about glogging and how to promote digital literacy in your classroom, visit: http://edu.glogster.com.  

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Texas Observer highlights YES Prep

September 29, 2010 by Jeremy Jones

The Texas Observer discusses the upcoming documentary, Waiting for Superman and its impact on education reform in America. Abby Rapoport's article, "Superman versus Teacher Unions" also highlights Oprah's $1 million donation to YES Prep.  

Superman Versus Teachers Unions?

A new film from the director of An Inconvenient Truth is rewarding charter schools and getting one Texas teachers' union upset.

Up until a couple days ago, I thought Oprah Winfrey was almost universally liked. I mean, admittedly I don't really watch her show, but when Houston's YES Prep charter school called to tell me they were receiving one million dollars from the queen of talk shows, I just kind of nodded along. After all, she gave all those people cars—why should I be surprised she's giving a successful

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