SABIS

SABIS is an education management organization that operates schools in 20 countries on five continents in both the private and public sectors [1] and licenses a proprietary education program. According to the company, schools in the SABIS Network educate over 70,000 students and implement a proven, proprietary system. SABIS is a family company that is now in its fourth generation of family ownership [2]

SABIS Educational Systems, Inc.
Founded1886 (1886)
FoundersTanios Saad and Louisa Proctor
HeadquartersEden Prairie, Minnesota
Serviceseducation management organization
Websitesabis.net

In 2008, SABIS was the topic of Professor James Tooley’s [3] book From Village School to Global Brand: Changing the World through Education.[4] The company claims to provide students with a top-quality education that prepares them to meet the challenges of a changing world.

History

The story of SABIS dates back to 1886 when the International School of Choueifat [5] was founded in the village of Choueifat, a suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. What started as a school for girls founded by the Reverend Tanios Saad and Ms. Louisa Proctor soon started accepting boys as well.

The International School of Choueifat[6] survived two world wars and began a program outside Lebanon in the mid-1970s.

SABIS Educational Systems, Inc. of Eden Prairie, Minnesota was established in 1985 and licenses the SABIS Educational System in North America, South America, and Europe. In 1995 SABIS was contracted to operate the SABIS International Charter School (SICS) in Springfield, Massachusetts, a public charter school. In 2014, the International Academy of Trenton was founded as a SABIS charter school. As of 2016 SABIS operates fifteen schools in the United States, comprising twelve charter schools, two licensed schools and one private school, The International School of Minnesota. It also has several branches in the Middle East, with twelve in the United Arab Emirates and schools in Qatar, Oman, Iraq and Egypt. It has several sister schools in Europe, including a boarding school in Bath, England, a school in Romania and one in Germany, and a presence in Pakistan. The SABIS system is slightly different in each region depending on the management.

In 1998, SABIS established the SABIS Foxborough Regional School. The management contract was rescinded in 2007 for curricula non-compliant with Massachusetts charter law.[7]

In January 2018, SABIS' charter for the International Academy of Trenton Charter School was revoked by the state of New Jersey for failure to meet minimum standards.[8]

Global Presence

Expansion of the network outside of Lebanon began in the mid-1970s. In 1976, SABIS® opened its first school outside of Lebanon in Sharjah, which celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2017 in the U.A.E.[9]

It is associated as manager or operator with schools in twenty countries, including the ISF International School Frankfurt Rhein-Main, Germany.[10]

In 2015, SABIS managed charter schools in the United States enrolling 6,332 students on a vendor operated school basis.[11]:90

References
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  3. "Professor James Tooley | University of Buckingham". buckingham.ac.uk.
  4. "From Village School to Global Brand: Changing the World through Education". amazon.com.
  5. Magazine, Tharawat (2016-11-01). "SABIS® – 130 Years of Innovation in Education". Tharawat Magazine. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
  6. www.amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/Village-School-Global-Brand-Education/dp/1846685451. Retrieved 2021-01-12. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. Globe editorial (10 March 2008). "The achievement gap wins one". Boston Globe archive. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  8. Harris, Taylor (January 25, 2018). "N.J. orders shut down of 'failed' charter school despite $17M renovation". NJ Advance Media. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  9. "School group celebrates 40 years of operations in the UAE". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  10. SABIS. "SABIS". www.sabis.net. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
  11. Woodworth, James L (2017). "Charter Management Organizations 2017" (PDF). Center for Research on Education Outcomes. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
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