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Democracy Prep Public Schools

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Democracy Prep Public Schools reviews

2.9

33% would recommend to a friend

(453 total reviews)

Tameka Royal

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27% positive business outlook

Democracy Prep Public Schools has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 453 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Democracy Prep Public Schools employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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453 reviews
1.0
Sep 17, 2016

Avoid

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Nothing. Democracy prep? More like Democrazyprep.

Cons

Every. Single. Thing. About. This. Place.

1.0
May 26, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

If you're not a certified teacher than you may begin teaching while you still work on obtaining qualifications. However, a horrible choice to start Democracy Prep can change you whole perception of education as a couple of teachers have left or plan to not teach anymore. Don't believe the smiles and hellos we're sent an email with your resume before you interview to be our usual happy selves which is code for PUT ON A SHOW.

Cons

Not a school to work at and many of us regret our decision. More than half the staff and management are leaving next year and it's for good reason. Most importantly, Democracy Prep follows a strict behavior system that keeps scholars out of class for most of the day. Often scholars behaviors escalate or are serving in school suspension and as a result miss valuable instruction. Even if you try to best help scholars this system keeps a continuous cycle for most at-risk scholars to fail and are unable to pass to the next grade level. When you voice concerns for scholars you're scolded and your meetings to follow become a repeat after me as you go over the many discipline manuals.

1.0
May 18, 2015

Don't believe the good reviews: They're pretty transparent.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

It's a good place if you don't really want to have a career in teaching, but rather view it as a nice "credential", like the Peace Corps, which looks good on the surface, if you know little or nothing about actual K-12 education. It's more like shorthand for a "Do Gooder Credential" when it reality it's anything but.

Cons

Where does one start if one is to be honest: - Abysmal Pay - Horrible Working Conditions - Long, long, long hours simply to inculcate a culture of "schools should be like 19th Century Factories" and Communist Schools In The Old Soviet Union.

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