by alterendeavors | Oct 16, 2018
One of the city’s newest school leaders, Jonathan Johnson, is focused on a different number: 228. It’s emblazoned on banners hung on the walls of Rooted School. It’s on Johnson’s mind when he walks the halls, or travels out of town to recruit donors, college partners,...
by alterendeavors | Aug 27, 2018
There’s only one rookie school on the way-too-short list of New Orleans public schools that beat the state school performance average in 2018. It’s called Rooted, the first from-scratch, open-enrollment high school to open here in a decade.
by alterendeavors | Sep 29, 2017
Jonathan Johnson has his work cut out for him. In a quiet room on the second floor of a synagogue in a historic New Orleans neighborhood, 16 ninth-graders are trying to master 3-D design software. In addition to the high-tech challenges the class is meant to deliver,...
by alterendeavors | Jun 1, 2015
That’s when Mitchell met Jonathan Johnson, a teacher turned entrepreneur. He had been prototyping his idea for a new charter school, called Rooted, through an after-school program, and was looking for a chance to test the model during the school day, in the form of a...
by alterendeavors | May 27, 2015
Rooted School aims to bridge the gap between what’s being taught in high schools and what skills are needed for the jobs being created in Greater New Orleans’ high-growth, high-wage industries. With 4.0’s help, Johnson has learned how to build a board, how to...
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