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

Ray Addas teaches ninth grade English at Union City High School in New Jersey. When he isn’t in English class he’s advising the newspaper, coaching the bowling team, teaching upper level journalism or running advisory...

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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