Schools That Can (STC) is a national nonprofit network of stand-alone, high-performing independent and charter schools operating in underserved communities. Our mission is to make best practices in education a new national norm by empowering collaboration among school leaders, teachers and students. We seek to make high-quality educational experiences accessible to all children nationwide and thereby narrow the Achievement Gap.
Our member schools are islands of excellence in a landscape of low-performing schools - attaining amazing results in spite of the odds, and having a positive impact on their students and surrounding communities. Our schools serve over 15,000 children, and graduate more than 1,000 students a year, providing them with the academic skills they need to meet the challenges of high school, college and beyond. This means a significant increase in the number of students from underserved communities who have the potential to attend and graduate college. In 2009, our network has grown to include 50 schools and our goal is to continue to expand our reach, thus increasing our impact on our nation's children.
The Schools That Can network includes a diverse group of schools throughout the country. However, they all have one thing in common: passionate, talented, determined leadership - men and women with high expectations and results-driven practices, who are committed to improving the lives of our nation's youth.
Schools That Can supports our school leaders so that these islands of excellence can continue to grow and succeed. In turn, these schools export their best practices and share their cultures of success with other schools, both within and outside the STC network. By doing so, Schools That Can is helping to make high-performance education a national norm.
