The best example that the Democracy Prep model works is our flagship school, Democracy Prep Charter School. DPCS serves 400 students in grades 6-9, and so Democracy Prep Harlem's academic program, school culture, recruitment and hiring practices, and operations strategy will replicate the DPCS model.

After just three years in operation, Democracy Prep's results were exceptional. DPCS scholars close -- and in some cases, even reverse -- what Caroline Hoxby called in her groundbreaking study the "Harlem-Scarsdale Achievement Gap." Consider the State Math exam as one example, after just one year at Democracy Prep, the 2009 7th graders outscore their counterparts in Scarsdale and all of Westchester County by almost 10%, literally reversing the Harlem-Scarsdale achievement gap.

On NYC accountability measures, Democracy Prep has performed consistently well. On the New York City's Chancellor’s Progress Report, DPCS earned a 99.8 in 2009 and a 98.7 in 2008, making it the highest-ranked school in Harlem and 8th best (out of 1500) in New York City over the past 2 years. Finally, on the Learning Environment Survey, Democracy Prep scored in the top 1% of all NYC schools and has the highest satisfaction rates for parents, students and teachers of all open enrollment middle school.