Envision Schools was co-founded by Daniel McLaughlin, a former Senior Research Associate at WestEd, and Bob Lenz, an award-winning teacher and nationally recognized school reform leader, Envision began operations as a 501(c)(3) charter school management organization in June 2002.

<h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: bold; color: #5a3f79; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.25; display: block; ">Where We Work</h2>

Envision has opened four small, high-performing urban public schools in the San Francisco Bay Area to prove that, given the right educational environment, any young person can be prepared to go to and succeed in college. The Center for College & Career Success at Envision Schools (3CS) brings our model to public schools everywhere.

<h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: bold; color: #5a3f79; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.25; display: block; ">Our Students</h2>

Envision Schools 1300 students come from a diverse range of ethnic, economic, linguistic, and national backgrounds. They are largely the students being failed by the larger public school system – 55% enter our schools below grade level in English and Math. 42% of our students are African-American, 36% are Latino, 13% are Caucasian, 7% are Asian or Asian Pacific Islander, 1% are Native American and 1% are Middle Eastern. Our students speak 25 distinct languages. 60% of them are First Generation College Bound and 61% qualify for the Federal Free or Reduced Lunch Program. We also serve an above average number of special education students with 14% on Individual Education Plans.