Uncommon Schools

From the court to the State House! 🏀 Roxbury Prep Varsity Boys Basketball was recognized by @massgovernor after winning their first Charter League Championship and reaching the D5 Final Four. Shoutout to State Rep and Roxbury Prep alum Chynah Tyler for the invite!

Wrapping up our week of celebration with four more amazing leaders honored at our Leadership Development Retreat! 🎉

Shining a spotlight on more incredible leaders recognized at this year’s Leadership Development Retreat! 👏 Congratulations to all of the recipients!

Celebrating more Uncommon leaders recognized at this year’s Leadership Development Retreat! 👏👏👏

Drumroll please… 🥁Congratulations to these leaders and recipients of this year's Leadership Development Retreat awards!

Our story in numbers: 20,000+ students, 52 schools, and counting. Impact you can see and success you can feel. That's the state of Uncommon. 💪

"Run the world, girls!"🗽🏀 Celebrating Women’s History Month! Our Uncommon Excellence Girls Middle Schoolers started the year strong at Brooklyn Basketball Training Center for National Girls & Women in Sports Day with @nyliberty @wnba!

Exciting news! Our school, North Star Academy Washington Park High School, and two of our educators, were featured in @nytimes for leading the way in A.I. literacy. 💡Students are learning to drive technology, not just be driven by it. Read the story 👇nytimes.com/2026/02/23/tec…

From high school to higher ed, this is what real partnership looks like. 🎓 Uncommon Rochester Prep High School students just wrapped up a semester-long learning experience at @RITtigers, bringing it all together with a capstone presentation!

Nationwide, Black men make up less than 2% of educators. At Uncommon, we employ 8.5x more Black male educators than the national average, and our annual Black Male Educator Summit celebrates these leaders and their impact in the classroom!💙

The best systems don't lead schools. People do. At Uncommon, we center students, educators, and families every step of the way. 💙 Watch the full Charter School Growth Fund podcast featuring our Co-CEO Julie Jackson: youtube.com/watch?v=FZIGjB…

Better. Faster. 🤝 Our Co-CEO Julie Jackson sat down with Darryl Cobb, President of @CharterGrowth, to talk about how strong coaching and feedback helps Uncommon educators grow. Watch the full podcast 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=FZIGjB…

Proud to see our Senior Director of College Access and Success, Pat Rametti, featured in @nytimes on College Early Decision!🎓 Nearly 1,000 Uncommon students have enrolled through early decision, earning $200M+ in grants and scholarships. nytimes.com/2025/12/26/opi…

That’s a wrap, 2025! 🎉 Here's a few highlights from what we accomplished together: ✅ 152 Alumni currently serving on staff ✅ 10+ Corporate Partnerships & Visits ✅ 8.5x more Black male educators than the national average ✅ 18 QuestBridge Full Ride Scholarships

Thank you, Uncommon Excellence Boys Middle School Principal Jermaine Isaac, for your inspiring speech! We marched and raised our voices to let all of NYC know that public charter schools are one of the city's greatest equalizers and need equal funding! #AccessIsEquity

Uncommon & charter schools participated in the #MarchForExcellence. They showed what thousands of charter school families already know: public charter schools are free, open to all, & provide a high-quality education giving every child the chance to succeed. #AccessIsEquity ✊

Join us and @WID_NY for a chat on how to use AI to build relationships, boost creativity, & strategize learning! A networking reception will be followed by a chat ft. Katherine Sarci-Tucker, our Director of Institutional Giving! Sign Up: ow.ly/CQ8l50WTU3s

On Friday, over 100 elected officials, business leaders, and supporters attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Roxbury Prep’s new 83,000-square-foot facility at 71 Proctor Street, which is the new home to over 900 students. Congrats on a successful launch!

We are so excited to launch Uncommon Bed-Stuy Pre-K with 54 students! We now have a total of 216 pre-k students enrolled in three different facilities. Check out this article in the Brooklyn Paper to find out why it matters! brooklynpaper.com/uncommon-schoo…

Note-taking is a skill, the more you do it, the better you see your mistakes and learn from them. In this Uncommon Sense blog, science teachers learn the 3 key steps they can take to ensure students develop this skill to be successful in STEM & beyond! ow.ly/e89P50VrLcT