Strategically Demanding Equity and Integration: Two Rivers PCS
We hope you all have time to be thankful, rest and break bread with family and friends this week – and are heading into the remainder of the year rested on a high note. Here at DCSC, we have been hard at work strategically supporting your work of demanding equity and integration. A few highlights from the Fall […]
Boldly Demanding Equity and Integration: Aventura Community School
As we enter a new school year, at a unique moment in time when established inequities have been underscored and new ones have surfaced, we proudly introduce our theme for the year demanding equity and integration. DCSC members have long demanded equity and integration and we boldly join their call to action. Today, we highlight new […]
Welcome to the Coalition – Membership Cohort Spring 2022
Dear Members and Partners, Twice per year we open up our membership application to schools who want to join the diverse-by-design movement. Our application process is designed to find member schools and networks that are committed to recruiting, enrolling, and equitably serving a diverse and integrated school community reflective of their broader community. We look […]
Our Growing Coalition
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1644954541213{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Dear Members and Partners, Twice per year we open up our membership application to schools who want to join the diverse-by-design movement. Our application process is designed to find member schools and networks that are committed to recruiting, enrolling, and equitably serving a diverse and integrated school community reflective of their broader […]
What we’ve accomplished
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1642704243819{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] 2021 Annual Report We hope you see what we see: an organization poised to launch into its next phase. We are ready to build on our track record and increase our impact with a three-pronged approach to Support, Expand and Promote the Diverse-by-Design school movement. As you read through our program […]
Member of the Year: Looking Back, Looking Forward
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”7776″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” link=”https://diversecharters.org/2022annualconvening/”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1639780617164{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] Member of the Year 2022 Annual Convening Each year we recognize one or more DCSC members who demonstrate their commitment and intentionality to diverse-by-design education. By selecting and honoring a Member of the Year, we hope that all members feel excitement for learning from a […]
Partnering for School Integration Progress
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1639513171840{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]What does progress look like in school integration work? As you likely know by now, we use Justice Thurgood Marshall’s quote as our organizational touchstone: “Unless our children begin to learn together, there is little hope that our people will ever begin to live together.” But what does this look like in real […]
DCSC Region Spotlight: Nashville, TN
[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1629313007575{border-radius: 1px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1637351016688{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] DCSC has been in the region since 2014 Number of DCSC members: 2 Number of UnifiED Alumni/Fellows: 2 Charter Law passed: 2002 Charter school student enrollment in Nashville: 15,023[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1637351065745{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] Why Nashville? [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1637351081528{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Nashville is poised to become one of the leading epicenters of the diverse-by-design […]
Building Community in the Return to In-Person Learning
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1637174113409{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] Alumnus Spotlight: Mallory Fiske, Detroit Prep Heading into this year there was one word at the top of Mallory Fiske’s mind: Community. Fresh off a year of remote learning, Mallory was preparing Detroit Prep‘s Upper School to launch with 100% in person. A brand new school. With students who had not been in […]
A Boardroom I’m Proud Of
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1636570340720{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]This story isn’t new and it’s not unique to us but I want to share it with you because it’s important. As you likely know by now, Diverse Charter Schools Coalition started in 2014 when leaders from 14 founding member schools came together with policy leaders and advocates who all saw something […]