Phone +1 510-451-2415 | Founded 2002 | |
Address 111 Myrtle St #203, Oakland, CA 94607, USA Similar Envision Academy of Arts, Aspire Public Schools, Leadership Public Schools, REALM Middle School, Oakland Charter High Sch Profiles | ||
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Envision Schools is a charter school management organization, founded in June 2002, that currently runs three charter-based public high schools in the San Francisco Bay Area. The schools in the network are intended to reach minority and disadvantaged students who have not succeeded in traditional, large urban public high schools.
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Investment
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation helped launch the school network with a $3 million investment in 2003 to form an initial group of five charter schools. In 2006, the foundation invested another $6.9 million aimed at helping the program duplicate its arts and technology programs.
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Instructional model
Envision high schools are small and academically rigorous and use project-based learning, art and technology. This is predicated on studies that show that students in small high schools fare better academically than those in large ones. Envision's mission is to transform the lives of students - especially those who will be the first in their families to attend college - by preparing them for success in college and in life. Envision also focuses on a deeper learning approach, by which students can gain the 21st Century Skills of collaboration, critical thinking, project management, and analysis.