Great Public Schools Now

Mission Statement:

Great Public Schools Now is a California not-for-profit organization dedicated to ensuring all Los Angeles students receive a high-quality education by accelerating the growth of high-quality public schools. The organization addresses the fact that more than 160,000 students in Los Angeles and surrounding cities attend schools that are failing to provide them with a quality education. Its goal is to help as many students as possible get the education they want, need and deserve by replicating successful public schools—such as charter, magnet, pilot, and Partnership schools—in high-poverty areas of Greater Los Angeles.

Primary Focus Areas:

• Catalytic Initiatives: Supports research and policy publications, innovation pilots, annual polling of Los Angeles families on their perspectives of Los Angeles public education, and research on the state of Los Angeles public schools. Includes the Modern Classrooms Project, which provides online professional development to Los Angeles teachers.

• Education Recovery: Primarily supports the Summer of Joy initiative, a collaboration across LAUSD, City of LA, local philanthropy, and dozens of nonprofit service providers offering free in-person summer enrichment to students in low-income communities. Also supports a high school internship pilot aimed at increasing the number of high school students completing internships offered by Los Angeles employers.

• Collective Action Initiative: Invests in strengthening organizations and community engagement.

The organization's NTEE classification is B12: Education Fund Raising and Fund Distribution.