by Armada Digital | Aug 27, 2018
There’s only one rookie school on the way-too-short list of New Orleans public schools that beat the state school performance average in 2018. It’s called Rooted, the first from-scratch, open-enrollment high school to open here in a decade.
by Armada Digital | Sep 29, 2017
Jonathan Johnson has his work cut out for him. In a quiet room on the second floor of a synagogue in a historic New Orleans neighborhood, 16 ninth-graders are trying to master 3-D design software. In addition to the high-tech challenges the class is meant to deliver,...
by Armada Digital | Jun 1, 2015
That’s when Mitchell met Jonathan Johnson, a teacher turned entrepreneur. He had been prototyping his idea for a new charter school, called Rooted, through an after-school program, and was looking for a chance to test the model during the school day, in the form of a...
by Armada Digital | May 27, 2015
Rooted School aims to bridge the gap between what’s being taught in high schools and what skills are needed for the jobs being created in Greater New Orleans’ high-growth, high-wage industries. With 4.0’s help, Johnson has learned how to build a board, how to...
by Armada Digital | Apr 7, 2015
Jonathan Johnson began teaching social studies to eighth-graders at one of the city’s charter schools in 2010. After a rough start, Johnson says he became known as the “warrior teacher” because his classroom was all about “fighting the war on...
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