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SEADing the Growth of Both Students and Staff

(The following post is by Carolyne Quintana, former principal at ISA partner school Bronxdale High School and newly appointed executive director of the Affinity Schools office at the NYC Department of Education.) I...

A Conversation with Leaders

Following our Washington DC event on evidence-based whole-school reform, we sat with three educational leaders to talk with them about their work in turning around struggling high schools. Here are the insights they...

College for All

Last week as I was speaking about the mission of ISA, which is to prepare students who are traditionally underserved and under-performing to graduate from high school prepared for success in college, a man in the...

8 Common Questions about Evidence-based Whole-School Reform

Q: What Does Evidence-Based Mean? A: ”A widely used adjective in education, evidence-based refers to any concept or strategy that is derived from or informed by objective evidence—most commonly, educational research or...