Uncommon Schools (Uncommon) is a non-profit organization in the United States that starts and manages urban charter public schools that prepare low-income students to graduate from college. Uncommon develops and manages regional networks that are philosophically aligned, and currently manages 32 schools in New York City, upstate New York, Newark, New Jersey, and Boston, Massachusetts. The organization plans to manage 45 schools, serving nearly 16,000 K through 12th grade students by 2017.
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