Transforming America's High Schools




80 SCHOOLS,

6 STATES,

 20,000 STUDENTS

PREPARING

FOR SUCCESS

IN COLLEGE

HIGH SCHOOL IS NOT TOO LATE
ISA partners with schools and districts to transform underperforming public high schools using a research-based educational frame­work that has been proven to greatly improve student achievement. Students benefit from a dedicated team of teachers and counselors that provide them with academic, emotional and social support. Faculty and administrators benefit from on-going coaching and professional development. The results are impressive. ISA schools — often in the most challenging areas where graduation rates have been as low as 35% — have graduated as many as 90% of their seniors with nearly 90% of those graduates going on to college.

Why ISA ?

Nationally, fewer than 75% of high school students graduate– and graduation rates sink to 50% or below for African-American and Hispanic students. In some large, failing high schools, graduation rates are as low as 35%...

Stories from the Field

“I was average in junior high. I was looking for a high school that could really help me become better than average,” said Josh Crafton, an 11th grader at Queens High School of Teaching...

Support ISA

CHANGE A LIFE. There are cities in this nation where barely 35% of the ninth graders who start high school make it all the way through...

If you have a superintendent and principal committed to success for all students and teachers who believe in students’ potential to achieve; if you can make a commitment to a minimum of four to five years to transforming your school...Then, take the next steps. Call or email Al Andino, ISA's VP of Strategic Partnerships, at 516-812-6700 or aandino@isa-ed.org.

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