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Leader to Leader Institute: Innovation of the Week - New Visions for Public Schools
Friday, 29 January 2010 @ 11:55
In this week's Innovation we highlight
New Visions for Public Schools College Bound Program
When the New York school system was mired in failure, with graduation rates of only 30 percent in some neighborhoods, New Visions for Public Schools took on the challenge of creating urban public high schools that could be models of excellence.
Since 1989, New Visions has worked in collaboration with educators, families, service organizations and civic leaders to develop innovative programs that help students achieve their fullest potential.
New Visions has created more than 100 small high schools and helped develop a process that has enabled the New York City Department of Education (DOE) to create hundreds more. [Read more...]
