Funders to approach for Edceptional Inc

Edceptional was created to help expand the number of high-quality k - 12 public education seats for all low-income children living in the city of Rochester, ny, regardless of school type, charter or district. The mission includes strengthening and growing the charter school sector in Rochester and supporting charter schools that have the leadership and model needed to be successful. Edceptional supports all local charter schools by operating a charter school application and information web site (goodschoolsroc.org) where parents can view all Rochester area charter schools and apply to those of their choice. Edceptional also facilitates collaboration and sharing of best practices among the Rochester charter schools, with an emphasis on leadership development at the board level and school management team level, as well as understanding the importance of a positive, enabling school culture. An important emphasis is to provide coaching to school leaders and teachers to implement literacy programs based on recent neurological research on how the brain learns to read. Such programs have proven successful in raising the percentage of students reading at grade level by double digit amounts yearly, and the organization's goal is to ensure that all students read fluently. Edceptional works with a wide range of community organizations and foundations to increase awareness of and the need for quality school options in…