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Innovation Agents: Ian Rowe, CEO of Public Prep
By: Noah Robischon, October 21, 2010
Have you located your north star? Do you even have a compass? Ian Rowe's story will inspire you to find it if you haven't already -- at least that's his goal. Rowe's journey took him from the Gates Foundation to MTV and The White House USA Freedom Corps before he became the CEO of Public Prep, a network of non-profit single-sex charter schools. He's taken everything he learned in the private sector and applied it to public education. Are you using your skills to make a difference?
Ian V. Rowe Named Chief Executive Officer of the Public Preparatory Network
August 24, 2010
NEW YORK, August 24, 2010 -- Public Preparatory Network, a non-profit organization that manages the highest-performing, single sex public charter schools in New York City, today announced Ian V. Rowe as its new Chief Executive Officer. The Public Prep Board of Directors cited Mr. Rowe’s demonstrated ability to lead complex organizations, form innovative strategic partnerships, raise capital, build public awareness and navigate the new media landscape as reasons for his appointment...
SUNY's Charter Schools Institute Grants Public Prep Its Third Charter for Boys Prep Elementary School
Spring 2010
In Spring 2010, Public Prep was granted its third charter from SUNY's Charter Schools Institute, in order to open its first all-boys school — the Boys Preparatory Charter School of New York. We are currently accepting applications for the Founding Principal position.
2009 News
Scholarly Investments
New York Times, December 4, 2009
THEIR company names were conspicuously absent from their nametags, but that is how these hedge fund managers and analysts — members of a field known for secrecy — preferred it. They filled the party space at the W Hotel on Lexington Avenue in late October, mostly men in their 30s...
Word Perfect
New York Post, May 9, 2005
Girls Prep ranks second on New York Post listing for "Percentage of kids acing elementary and middle school state reading tests."
Sonia Sotomayor room at Girls Prep
Gotham Schools, July 28, 2009
A South Bronx school is racing to be the first to honor Sonia Sotomayor, the federal judge whose Supreme Court appointment is all but assured after being endorsed by the Senate Judiciary Committee today...
Bronx School Aims to Inspire Girls
WNYC, September 1, 2009
"New York City public school students don't head back to class until next Wednesday. But some charter schools have already opened, including a new one in the Bronx just for girls…"
Girls Prep Daisy Chronicle
Fall, 2009
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