Magnolia Montessori for All provides high-quality equitable education
Praxis finances solutions that support education equity

Magnolia Montessori For All is a free, high-performing charter school in East Austin, Texas that was launched in 2014 with 300 students. The school now houses 500 children from pre-kindergarten to eighth grade and with many families waiting to send their children to the school.
Not only is the approach innovative, but it is also necessary to tackle the educational segregation that plagues the city of Austin, as lower-income and diverse communities continue to live mostly separated from white and affluent neighborhoods, often resulting in less investment in lower-income communities.
The school has had impressive success and has been acknowledged for some notable accomplishments. In 2018, the school exceeded its peers in rigorous expectations, school safety, sense of belonging, cultural and linguistic competence, relationships with teachers, engagement, and learning strategies. The school also earned the highest rating in preparing students for a post-secondary education and the third-highest rating for student achievement and performance gap closures.
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Praxis Investment Management supports organizations through investments in Calvert Impact, an impact-investing institution that helps people around the world through community development financing. It’s part of the Praxis commitment to place approximately 1% of each of its funds to benefit neighborhoods and individuals through community development investments.