New Leaders for New Schools

Since it was founded in 2000, New Leaders for New Schools has built a national community of more than 640 New Leader administrators and principals in 12 urban centers around the country and currently serves more than 200,000 students in partner districts’ highest needs schools.  Preliminary findings from the RAND Corporation’s ongoing study indicate that students in elementary and middle schools led by New Leaders principals for at least three years are academically outpacing their peers by statistically significant margins.  Rand also reports preliminary outcomes from publicly available data including:

• In 2009, New Leaders principals were twice as likely as other principals to achieve 20+ point gains in student proficiency scores in their schools.
• 88 percent of New Leaders-led high schools had higher graduation rates than their districts in 2008.

Urban schools must be transformed so countless students can realize futures of accomplishment and promise. New Leaders for New Schools seeks leaders ready to rise to the challenge and make a real difference in the lives of all students. Our nation is in need of a new generation of well-prepared, highly motivated principals to lead outstanding public schools and create environments where every student can thrive. We have a unique opportunity to transform urban public education, on a national scale, through a comprehensive support system designed to develop and maintain high-quality leadership.

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