Edwatch: Uncommon Schools
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| Organization Name: | Uncommon Schools |
| Company Line: | Uncommon Schools is a nonprofit organization that starts and manages outstanding urban charter public schools that close the achievement gap and prepare low-income students to graduate from college. |
| Bottom Line: | Although it proclaims that great teachers make all the difference in a child's education, the organization employs personnel who are not trained, professional teachers to staff the classrooms of our nation's poorest children. |
| Year Established: | 2005 |
| Organization Type: | Nonprofit |
| Major Donors: | The Walton Family Foundation, U.S. Department Of Education, NewSchools Venture Fund, The Broad Foundation, Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation |
| Where the Money Goes 990 Tax Documents: | 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 |




