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Rocketship Wisconsin Wins $2.5 Million Federal Grant

by Kadeem Gill, Rocketship Wisconsin Executive Director | November 30, 2023

I am proud to announce that the U.S. Department of Education has chosen Rocketship Wisconsin as one of only 30 recipients nationwide of the new Full-Service Community Schools grants!Rocketship Wisconsin…

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How Real Parent Engagement in Schools Looks Different Than What Most Imagine

William Hill, Executive Director of Rocketship Public Schools Tennessee | February 13, 2023

This article originally appeared in The Tennessean. _ “It’s a great school. They have really involved parents.” That’s a comment I’m sure many of you have heard or said to describe a “great” public school in Nashville. But “involved parents” is usually code for an active PTO that focuses on fundraising and volunteer activities. This…

Rocketship Public Schools Texas Breaks Ground on Second Fort Worth Elementary School Campus

February 9, 2023

Mayor Pro Tem Gyna Bivens and Founding Principal Speak at Ceremony Construction is now underway in Eastside Fort Worth on the second campus for Rocketship Public Schools Texas. A groundbreaking ceremony was held today at the site of the future school located at 300 East Loop 820. The elementary school is set to open later…

Check out the 2022 Year in Review!

January 24, 2023

In 2022, we celebrated the 15 year anniversary of Rocketship Public Schools. What started as an innovative idea to rethink elementary education has grown into a nationwide collective of parents, teachers, leaders, supporters and students working together to transform the future for underserved communities. And while so much has changed in public education over…

The Importance of Outdoor Education

Maricela Guerrero, Executive Director, Rocketship California | January 13, 2023

I remember a very important camping trip 12 years ago that I took with our Rocketeers in Vida Verde that not only transformed my students’ lives, but mine as well. One chilly morning in February 2008, an empty, yellow school bus waited in front of our school, Rocketship Mateo Sheedy, ready to take 30 students…

You Can’t Be What You Can’t See.

December 12, 2022

An increasing body of research shows that student achievement and attendance go up and suspension rates go down when students have at least one same-race teacher. Yet a recent federal report from the Institute of Education Sciences shows that America’s teaching force hasn’t increased in diversity, with 71% of the nation’s public school teachers classified…