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About Us
Jaime White
With over twenty-five years experience in urban education, Founder of Capacity Rise, LLC, Jaime White has held roles such as
Managing Director School Leader Development
Network Leader Coach, Network Head of School Culture serving as a member of the Senior Leadership Team at Explore Schools,
Senior Director of Curriculum and Instruction at Democracy Prep Public Schools
Principal at Democracy Prep Charter School
Academic Specialist for Say Yes To Education at Teachers College, Columbia University l
At 27 Jaime met John King and Evan Rudall, who convinced her to try something new. together they founded a school designed to provide college access to kids formerly denied by neighborhood or social-economic status.
In 1999, she began her work as Founding English teacher and Literacy Department Chair for Roxbury Prep Charter School, serving predominantly low-income Black and Brown students, and recognized by the U.S Department of Education as one of the 8 highest performing charter schools in the nation.
She learned under Extraordinary school leaders, her two principals, one who went on to be the New York State Education Commissioner, and later became the Secretary of Education for President Obama. and the other earning the Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools for demonstrating the most outstanding student achievement in the country; and co-founding and serving as Chief Executive Officer of Zearn, a non-profit that builds rigorous and engaging K-5 digital math content used to personalize instruction in school and at home.
During her time at RPC (affectionally Referred to by insiders), Jaime’s students, who entered her 6th grade ELA class on average 2-4 grade-levels behind in reading proficiency. were outscoring the most wealthy and Affluent, often Proximately White, districts in Massachusetts.
Jaime says, “We set out to prove the achievement gap between low-income students of color and their white affluent peers was not biology. This was still the question in 1999. SMH. And we proved it was not biology. Given the right Circumstances, and Opportunities, and Our students did just as well if not better on every measure that counted.”
Ms. Jaime White credits her time spent at Roxbury Prep for her drive, passion, and deep belief that with smart people and hard work anything is possible.
“I know we can do anything and our students can do anything, because I already lived it! I was there when they did it. When our student screamed because they found out they got higher scores than top Performing, super rich schools. This is how I know without a shadow of a doubt that we can do it again with any kids!
Jaime White holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Massachusetts in Anthropology and African American Studies, a master’s in education from the University of Pennsylvania and completed all but her dissertation for a doctoral degree in education started at Boston College and then finishing at Columbia Teachers College. In addition, Ms. White is Nationally Board Certified in literacy education. She has done post-doctoral work and earned her District Leader Certification in December, 2020.
She has helped found numerous charters and worked with various start-up and turn-around charter schools replicating the success and joy of Roxbury Prep.
Capacity Rise, LLC offers school leaders, teachers, parents and students reliable, high-quality support on both the local and national scale.
Jessica Rizzi
As Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of @ the Kitchen Table, Jessica Rizzi brings more than 30 years of business experience. Always focused on Customer Service, Ms. Rizzi co-created an ongoing Customer Care training for more than 150 employees at a high performing HMO practice in Massachusetts.
With an entrepreneurial spirit, Ms. Rizzi opened an ADT Dealership which became the second largest in Massachusetts within its first year, boasting record sales and installation numbers in a state all but saturated with security companies. Having had such success in business, she knows the importance of employee satisfaction and is extremely adept at creating business systems that ensure effective and efficient workflow allowing for employees to thrive causing workforce retention and a beneficial work environment.
More importantly, Ms. Rizzi is the mother of three and understands, firsthand, the frustrations and concerns that are facing families in today’s chaotic times. With this organization, she is committed to working to help all children flourish academically, stay healthy, safe, socialized and continue to grow their own natural wonder and curiosity.
Together, Jessi and Jaime are lifelong friends, and caring mothers; here to help!
Jaime White
Jessica Rizzi
Testimonials
If you only read one below, read the last one. It is by far my favorite. Love and joy, Jaime
“Jaime was and is an amazing leadership coach. She builds strong relationships, asks the right questions, listens holistically, and is able to help leaders and schools identify the most important issues and action steps for positive change. Jaime makes a challenge feel like an opportunity.”
“I’ve known Jaime for over 15 years. Her heart and passion for education are second to none. She has a wealth of knowledge and experience that she shares generously with everyone. She brings a thoughtfulness and wisdom to the conversation, and is definitely a warrior in the work!”
“This is a woman I can support as I am a product of her work as I began my teaching career full-time under the tutelage of other great educators that were before their time.”
“Hi Ms White. You probably don’t remember me but I was in your sixth grade class at Roxbury Prep back when that school first opened so many years ago. I ran across your profile while scrolling through my old friend’s
page. I think about you from time to time, even though it was such a long time ago. I don’t know if you remember but you used to give us a period of time during your class to write and that writing slowly became my therapy. I’d even go as far as saying it saved my life. Writing has become my everything, from performing poetry, to teaching it, to writing films about mental health...there’s just so many different ways that it has helped me, and indirectly helped others because of the way I’ve learned to use it for social justice and teaching. I never thought I’d see you again, and it’s 16-17 years later, but since I found your page, I really wanted to say thank you for everything.”