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A focus on small school success
According to the MDRC analysis of 105 newly created high schools—two-thirds of which are New Visions schools—the graduation rate was 6.8% higher than the other schools. This improvement alone had the dramatic impact of narrowing the graduation achievement gap found across the city between students of color and white students by nearly a third. »
Annenberg, BlackRock scholarships awarded
The two major college tuition funds administered by New Visions for Public Schools have awarded their 2010 scholarships. One New Visions student was selected as the recipient of the 2010 Leonore Annenberg College Scholarship, and six seniors at New Visions schools have been named recipients of the 2010 BlackRock-Schlosstein Scholarships. »
Teach in a New Visions School
New Visions is looking for committed teachers with deep content knowledge who value a professional and innovative work environment that encourages growth and learning for both educator and student. »
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This interactive map provides basic information about each school in the New Visions network. »
Publications Database
Whether it is our popular scholarship guide, or a comprehensive report on the performance of high schools we have created, you will find it here within our publications database. »
Featured Publications
- Transforming the High School Experience
June 2010 - This report by MDRC, one of the nation’s most respected public policy research firms, provides overwhelming evidence that our New Century High School initiative has resulted in schools with higher attendance, credit accumulation and graduation rates. DOWNLOAD PDF »
- New Century High School Initiative RFP
September 2003 - This request for proposal document describes the rationale, expected characteristics, and means of
creating and supporting the third round of the New Century High School initiative (2004). DOWNLOAD PDF » - Policy Studies Associates 2005–06 Evaluation Report
October 2007 - Evaluation of New Century high schools in the fourth year; a profile of the initiative to create and sustain small, successful high schools (2005–2006). DOWNLOAD PDF »
- Reframing Education: The Partnership Strategy and Public Schools
January 2006 - Drawing from a study of the New Century High Schools Initiative, this volume contains two papers on the community partnership strategy of the small schools movement: Partnership & Innovation: New Century High Schools in New York and Practicing Partnership: Lever for Reform in Public Schools. DOWNLOAD PDF »
From the Knowledge base
The KnowledgeBase provides resources to educators through collaboration and documentation. »
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