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Adler, who spent eight years teaching physics and working as dean of students in a Baltimore prep school, and Vinnakota, whose parents were teachers, built SEED on the premise that kids need a safe, stable place where they can concentrate on learning. They believe these kids have the best chance of succeeding and going on to college if they are nurtured before they get to high school. The pair opened SEED in the fall of 1998. Its first home was in a children's museum. Classes were held in the unused attic, and dorms were set up in an unoccupied...
Founded in 1998 by Eric Adler, 39, and Rajiv Vinnakota, 32, two former management consultants, SEED--its formal name is the Schools for Educational Evolution and Development--is a charter school, which means it receives public funds but operates independently of the school system. Tuition is free for its 310 male and female students in Grades 7 through 12. It is perhaps one of the most innovative and expensive experiments in educating low-income students...
Despite those problems, Adler and Vinnakota remain committed to their mission and have set their sights on an even more ambitious dream: developing a network of public boarding schools around the country. "Our goal is to demonstrate that not only is there a need but there is a solution that works," Vinnakota says. As for the D.C. school, SEED'S founders say its true success will be measured by the number of students who go on to college and do well. But an earlier indication of what it has achieved may be found in the changing attitudes of its students...
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