GreatSchools

GreatSchools
Formation 1998
Type Nonprofit organization
Location
Key people
  • Bill Jackson, Founder and Board Director
  • Matthew Nelson, President
Employees
35
Website greatschools.org

GreatSchools is a United States national nonprofit organization that provides parents with information about PK-12 schools and education. The website provides ratings based on test scores and a variety of other factors for schools in all 50 states, including tools for finding, evaluating, comparing, saving and following schools. The GreatSchools website includes guides to the Common Core, parenting advice and articles on children's brain development and social emotional learning.[1] Parents can also review their children's schools.[2]

History

GreatSchools was founded in 1998 as a school directory and parenting resource in Santa Clara County, with seed funding from New Schools Venture Fund. The next four years (1999–2002), the school ratings expanded statewide in California. In 2003, the main school guide resource expanded nationwide. In 2008–2011 was the launch of College Bound Program, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Robertson Foundation and the Walton Family Foundation.[3] In 2013 GreatSchools received a three-year grant from the Walton Family Foundation.[4] 2013 saw Zillow integrate GreatSchools information such as school search, school ratings and reviews into their real estate database.[5] 2014 included an expanded partnership with Maponics.[6]

Recognition and awards

References

  1. ↑ GreatSchools Site Partners With Yale Scholars on 'Emotional Intelligence', Editorial Projects in Education, Inc, June 24, 2015
  2. ↑ Nonprofit designs school index for low-income, minority parents, EdSource, February 9, 2016
  3. ↑ How Can Schools Best Communicate with Immigrant Parents?, KQED, June 14, 2012
  4. ↑ Walton Family Foundation Invests $7.5 Million in GreatSchools to Reach 45 Million Users With Information on School Quality, Walton Family Foundation, March 13, 2013
  5. ↑ Zillow Launches New Schools Search Tool; Allows Shoppers to Search in Multiple School Areas Simultaneously, Zillow, September 12, 2013
  6. ↑ Maponics Adds GreatSchools Ratings and Reviews As Partnership Grows, Maponics, January 10, 2014
  7. ↑ Interactive Media Awards - GreatSchools Award Category, Interactive Media Awards, 2011

External links

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