FALL 2011 INVESTORS UPDATE

November 10, 2011

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Agenda

• Overview of Investment Activity• Recent Investments• Venture Spotlight –

Presence Learning• Q & A

INTRODUCTION

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Speakers

Gloria LeeTed Mitchell Deborah Mintz Cameron White

INTRODUCTION

Overview of Investment Activity

INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

Active Investment Areas

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NEWSCHOOLS INNOVATION FUND

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CITY FUNDS

People (Effective Teacher Preparation)

Tools(Personalized Learning Solutions)

Schools(Turnaround School Organizations)

Washington, DC

Boston, MA

Newark, NJ

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Funds Invested and RemainingINVESTMENT ACTIVITY

People Tools Schools Boston Newark DC0

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RaisedInvested

Total amount raised: $70.3 millionRemaining under active management: $43.6 million

Innovation Fund Investments

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Recent InvestmentsINNOVATION FUND INVESTMENTS

Total recent amount: $1,975,000

Recent Innovation Fund In-vestmentsTools

$175k

People$1.1

million

Schools$700k

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ReNEW SchoolsINNOVATION FUND INVESTMENTS

ReNEW is a school management organization in New Orleans that launched two turnarounds of underperforming RSD schools in 2010. ReNEW will operate ten schools serving 5,000 students by 2014.

Entrepreneurs: Gary Robicheaux, Kevin Gutierrez, Colleen MacKay

Investment Amount: $450,000

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Houston Teaching PartnersINNOVATION FUND INVESTMENTS

Houston Teaching Partners is creating a continuum of performance-based teacher prep from alternative certification to a master’s degree program in Years 2-5.

Entrepreneurs: Collaboration between KIPP Houston (Mike Feinberg) and YES Prep (Jen Hines)

Investment Amount: $100,000

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Relay School of EducationINNOVATION FUND INVESTMENTS

Relay is a graduate school of education that trains new teachers for charter and district schools.

Entrepreneur: Norman Atkins, CEO

Investment Amount: $1,000,000

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Matchbook LearningINNOVATION FUND INVESTMENTS

Matchbook Learning is a new, non-profit school turnaround operator using a hybrid school learning model.

Entrepreneur: Sajan George

Investment Amount: $250,000

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GrockitINNOVATION FUND INVESTMENTS

Grockit helps students prepare for major national tests through online social learning.

Entrepreneur: Roy Gilbert

Investment Amount: $100,000

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Class DojoINNOVATION FUND INVESTMENTS

ClassDojo is a cloud-based tool that helps teachers easily manage classroom behavior in real time so they can focus on teaching.

Entrepreneurs: Sam Chaudhary and Liam Don

Investment Amount: $100,000

City Fund Investments

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NewSchools City FundsCITY FUND INVESTMENTS

Boston

NewarkDC

BostonScale high-performing charter schools

NewarkGrow the CMO market and strengthen the human capital pipeline

DCBolster charter sector to raise the bar for all DC schools

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DC Schools FundCITY FUND INVESTMENTS

• Focus for 2011-12: Instructional Capacity Building Pilot

Charter Board Partners helps DC charter schools with targeted board member placement and support

$625K investment

LearnZillion is a web-based platform with video lessons aligned with the common core

$150K investment

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Boston Charter School Replication FundCITY FUND INVESTMENTS

• $3.01M total investment to 4 emerging CMOs• Grants during first 2 years of operation to support high-

quality growth

Edward Brooke2300 students by 2015Excel Academies1100 students by 2015MATCH Inc.1220 students by 2015Roxbury Prep1790 students by 2015

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Newark City Fund

Investment Strategy

CITY FUND INVESTMENTS

•Help new and existing CMOs grow in Newark•Strengthen the human capital pipeline•Stimulate innovation for blended-learning•Collaborate with leadership on systemic reform initiatives

Venture Spotlight: Presence Learning

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Presence LearningVENTURE SPOTLIGHT

Presence Learning gets students the specialized services they need by providing online speech and language therapy.

Entrepreneurs: Jack Lynch and Clay Whitehead, CEO

Investment Amount: $300,000

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