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Nina Rees, President & CEO, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools

“Developing leaders that can get charter schools off to a great start from day one is the best …
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Ravi Gupta, 2010 BES Fellow, Co-Founder and CEO, RePublic Schools

“I don’t know where I or RePublic would be without BES. It continues to be the best school …
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Rosalind Murphy, 2013 BES Fellow, Founder and Head of School, RISE Preparatory

“The BES team really modeled for us what leaders should look like. They constantly reminded us of the …
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Lester Long, 2004 BES Fellow, Founder and Executive Director, Classical Charter Schools

“When I began crafting Classical Charter Schools, my vision was to build a first-class educational experience for kids …
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Hrag Hamalian, 2007 BES Fellow, Executive Director, Valor Academy (part of Bright Star Schools)

“BES is the only leadership and school development training that functions like an incubator for charter schools destined …
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Doug Lemov, Author of ‘Teach Like a Champion’ and ‘Practice Perfect’

“If there is one organization that has done the most to seed underserved communities across the country with …
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