Match Education is a national education nonprofit, based in Boston. Our mission is to prepare low-income inner-city students to transcend societal expectations and go on to succeed in college and beyond. The college graduation rate among inner-city students nationally is below 10%. Most of our students arrive having failed their most recent state exams. Our mission is to reverse this underachievement.
At Match Education, we do three things to reverse this inequity. First, we operate a growing portfolio of high-achieving charter schools that are widely recognized for their success in preparing low-income inner city students in four year college. Second, we seek to train the best first-year teachers for urban classrooms, and operate a fully sanctioned graduate school of education. Lastly, we work to improve public education more broadly, and collaborate with districts by providing tutors to failing public schools as part of "turnaround" initiatives.
Already Match has met the challenge of a disadvantaged and underserved student body:
- In early December 2006, the Match School became one of 8 charter high schools in the nation cited for outstanding results, out of over 400 reviewed by the US Department of Education. All eight schools were noted for "setting and aggressively pursuing high expectations," "achieving success in closing achievement gaps," and "meeting the needs of underserved students."
- US Department of Education (USDOE). In 2008, the USDOE recognized Match High School as one of 8 best charter high schools in the country.
- US News & World Report. In 2009, US News & World Report ranked Match High School in the top 3% of US public high schools.
- Newsweek. In 2007 and 2009, Newsweek ranked Match High School among the top 100 US public high schools.
- New Leaders for New Schools and USDOE. Five times between 2008-09 and 2011-12, New Leaders for New Schools and the USDOE recognized Match Middle School and Match High School as EPIC Award winners for student achievement gains on MCAS exams
- Match has been featured in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal, on CNN and NPR, etc., for various innovations.
But don't be fooled! We are not yet satisfied. To fully prepare our students to succeed in college, we need them to succeed in advanced courses, AP classes, on SATs. So even though our kids have come a long way, they need you to truly fulfill their potential.
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