Anthony S. Hoffmann
Director of Education Programs

Anthony S. Hoffman joined the Institute for Student Achievement in August 2003 in a full-time capacity, after serving as an ISA consultant. Prior to his work with ISA, Mr. Hoffmann was the assistant principal for administration at Middle College High School, a creative alternative school on the campus of La Guardia Community College in Queens, where he led efforts to develop and implement the portfolio-based, performance-based assessment system that the school uses as an alternative method for graduating students. Mr. Hoffmann’s career also includes 33 years with the New York City Department of Education, in which he taught on every level from grammar through high school.

Mr. Hoffmann was a member of the community board in Greenwich Village for eight years and has been very active in local politics. He has worked extensively with elected officials and educators in their attempts to convince the New York State Regents to allow alternatives to high-stakes Regents exams.

Mr. Hoffmann earned a bachelor's in business administration and a master's in development economics at the University of Wisconsin. He also has master's degrees from City College of New York in the Child and the Individualized Curriculum, and from the Principal's Institute at Bank Street College, in Supervision and Administration.