2009 Annual Report

Our 2009 annual report is available!

See it on line, click on this link: http://www.box.net/shared/96el98hr2v or email leighanne@gmail.com
You can see pictures from the report on the slideshow overhead, we have such LOVELY students, wonderful faculty, and so many energetic, go-to, rugged partners!

Highlights for 2009

2007, 2008, 2009: Top Government Primary School in Hy-Tech Area
300 Students
10 Teachers, one with a university degree, four more enrolled in university classes
1 Headmistress, university degree, 10 years experience
3 Staff members, we have the cleanest government school buildings you will ever see
2 Buildings, 6 classrooms in the main building (which also has electricity), 2 in the other building.
“B” average for nearly all the standards on Central Government Tests in 2009, “A” for fifth standard.
A strong preschool program for 2 to 5 year olds.
70%+ funded by the Government of India!

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Goals for The Rainbow School

Create a child-centered school for 500 slum children in the community of Masthan Nagar.
Build capacity to meet the needs of all students: special needs, gifted students, migrant families.
Attract partners and leverage the partnerships to create a school that meets these needs.
Serve as a community center for the slum.
Become a top-performing government school in the state by 2014.

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Operating Modes

This school aims to serve the poorest of the poor, with no fees and no costs, for the next fifty to one-hundred years.
We aim to attract families who would otherwise send their children to work.

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MobilesForGood: EDU

Together with the students, parents, and teaching team, we did it. Ten years of the Rainbow Primary School. Our school is a government-funded, local-language (Telugu) school that serves 230 children every day absolutely free. We celebrated by opening an after-school center last month with the best education NGO in the world, Pratham. For the past five years, I've worked on research projects and helped NGOs that have an interest in developing mobile tools for learning. Globally, there are three populations of students that need to close the education gap. 1. 52 million children globally not in school at all. Most are out of school for one or more of these reasons: conflict/no public services (fragile state), lack of legal papers, migrants, or they are female. Migration is a big issue in our area around the Rainbow School. 2. 200 million children globally are in school, but suffer from poor in-class teaching. These students cannot read at grade level. The most common reason...

"A" Grade

Our partner, Kalpana, reports exams are over. This year, the Rainbow School won "A" grade for student performance up from "B" grade in 2009. CONGRATULATIONS TEAM!! HUGE WIN! This means that the team is providing high quality teaching in a very sustainable way. Congratulations teachers! Congratulations Vijaya Madam! And thanks to all the partners, the Rainbow School is very lucky to have wonderful, wonderful partner organizations like WIM, Lion's Club, and the Naandi Foundation. Here are some of the students, taking part of their exams in the courtyard, back in 2009. Next steps: Compete with the local budget private schools, win best government primary school in the state, and English + Telugu instruction

Gray Matters Capital and the Rockdale Foundation

While all is very well at the Rainbow School, I'll pause to highlight a "sister organization" supporting budget private schools in India. Gray Matters Capital and the Rockdale Foundation have an annual symposium in Hyderabad, called "Enterprising Schools." Buddies of mine from here in Palo Alto, the Hewlett Foundation and IDEO, are heading out there next week. More info is on www.enterprisingschools.com My IDEO fellas organized a whole list of very low-cost teaching aide ideas to present at the symposium. Ideas like using old newpapers to teach literacy. They put the list up on the website under "STEAL THIS IDEA" - click here for the list! (in pdf form) BEST WISHES for a successful symposium, I miss you all in Hyderabad!

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