The Leadership Academy will lead three exciting sessions at SXSW EDU 2024 in Austin, TX, where the brightest minds in education come together to share ...
Twelve experts in educational leadership, equity, innovation, and technology are bringing their knowledge, experience, and insight to The Leadership Academy as members of its Expert ...
Read full articleEducation Leaders of Color (EdLoC) announced The Leadership Academy’s Lead Executive Officer Nancy Gutiérrez as the organization’s new Chair of the Board of Directors beginning ...
Read full articleThe Leadership Academy’s Lead Executive Officer Nancy Gutiérrez is the newest member of the Governing Board for Eye to Eye, a nationally recognized nonprofit whose ...
Read full articleThe Leadership Academy’s Executive Director of Programs David Baiz today was announced as a member of the 46th cohort of Pahara Fellows. Baiz is one ...
Read full articleOn October 25, 2023, joined by more than 200 educators, leaders, and champions of our work, The Leadership Academy commemorated 20 years of working tirelessly ...
Read full article“Home is nostalgic. Home is love. Home is family. But to the world, our homes are often labeled ‘bad.’ We call this one- sided perception ...
Read full article“Humanity is at the very core of education, yet it is often missing from the work and from schools. We need to center ourselves back ...
Read full articleThe Leadership Academy is thrilled to announce the July 24th publication of Stay & Prevail: Students of Color Don't Need to Leave their Communities to ...
Read full articleCongratulations to The Leadership Academy’s own National Designer & Facilitator Dr. Kendra Washington-Bass on the publication of Unwrapped: The Pursuit of Justice for Women Educators, ...
Read full articleWhat does it mean to be “ready” for the evolving role of the principalship? What are the traits and skills that can make a good ...
Read full articleThe Leadership Academy is proud to release its Accomplishments Report 2021-22. Read stories of how our partnerships with school and school system leaders across the ...
Read full articleThe Leadership Academy is pleased to announce the appointment of two leaders in education and communications to its Board of Directors. The Hunt Institute CEO ...
Read full articleFor the first time, the fast-growing community of school system equity officers will have access to a network and resources targeted specifically to support their ...
Read full articleThe Leadership Academy is thrilled to announce the appointment of former Governor and Congressman Bob Wise and UBS Financial Services Managing Director Jeanny Pak to ...
Read full articleSchools will soon have a new set of research-based tools and resources to help them develop meaningful culturally responsive practices. The Consortium for Policy Research ...
Read full articleThe The Leadership Academy launches 6th cohort of national principal supervisor program with focus on culturally responsive leadership.
Read full articleExecutive Vice President Michele Shannon offers new principals sage advice as they start their job amidst a pandemic that has exposed and exacerbated systemic racism ...
Read full articleThe NYC Leadership Academy today appointed Dr. Darline Robles and Dr. John Garcia III to its Board of Directors.
Read full articleLeadership Academy creates Chief Access & Equity role to support equity-focused professional learning
Read full articleEducation leaders are superheroes. Whether leading a school or an entire school system, they hold the power to change the lives of young people. But ...
Read full articleThe state of Massachusetts has selected the NYC Leadership Academy to support and develop a racially and ethnically diverse cohort of aspiring district leaders to create more culturally responsive districts and promote better ...
Read full articleThe Leadership Academy has been selected to work with New York State’s three largest school districts outside of New York City to develop and launch innovative professional learning programs for aspiring school leaders.
Read full articleThe NYC Leadership Academy today published research on the impact of ongoing coaching on principals’ leadership practices and, ultimately, on their schools (fill out form ...
Read full articleIn a groundbreaking partnership, the five largest school districts in Wisconsin, with support from the The Leadership Academy, have developed the Wisconsin Urban Leadership Institute (WULI).
Read full articleDr. Nancy B. Gutiérrez today becomes President & CEO of the NYC Leadership Academy. Previously Chief Strategy Officer at the Leadership Academy, Dr. Gutiérrez succeeds ...
Read full articleThe Leadership Academy Incoming President & CEO Nancy Gutiérrez, Ed.L.D., today delivered the keynote address at the inaugural meeting of the New Jersey Department of Education’s new statewide Principal Learning Network.
Read full articleThe Leadership Academy today announced the selection of Dr. Nancy Gutiérrez as its next president and CEO. Dr. Gutiérrez, who currently is Chief Strategy Officer at the Leadership Academy, succeeds Irma Zardoya who has held the position since 2011.
Read full articleThe Leadership Academy President & CEO Irma Zardoya will lead a session on the impact of inquiry-based change projects at the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)’s National Principals Conference on July 12 in Chicago, IL.
Read full articleThe Trump administration’s move to rescind previous guidelines on how school districts can account for race when drawing school district lines or assigning students to schools means young people of color will continue to face harmful inequities in their education and will set back critical recent efforts by districts to desegregate their schools.
Read full articleI am calling on Congress to deeply examine the impact that the Trump administration’s proposal to merge the U.S. Department of Education with the Department of Labor could have on educational equity, on the ability of every child, regardless of race, culture, ethnicity, gender, language, to have access to the opportunities they need to thrive.
Read full articleThe Leadership Academy’s West Michigan Leadership Academy held its kick-off sessions last week. Twenty-one school leaders from four school districts across Kent County attended the three-day intensive focusing on equity, leading transformation, and communicating vision.
Read full articleThe Leadership Academy has joined more than 50 education organizations in calling on Congress to fully fund Title II-A in FY19 at its authorized level of $2.295 billion.
Read full articleIt’s the million-dollar question in schools across the country: What are the most effective ways to correct inequities that persist in our schools? The urgency is certainly clear: The latest in a string of research showing stark educational inequities in America’s schools, the 2017 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) revealed that wide gaps persist in reading and math proficiency between white students and students of color.
Read full articleThe Leadership Academy will facilitate a symposium on the research and practice behind effectively coaching principals to lead teams at the national American Educational Research Association (AERA) conference in New York City on Tuesday, April 17.
Read full articleWe commend Congress and President Trump for passing a federal education budget that supports students. Great schools need great leaders, and the maintained funding of Title II-A state grants is crucial for providing school leaders with the professional learning they need to improve their schools for each student.
Read full articleThe Leadership Academy tomorrow will launch the West Michigan Leadership Academy, a program to support and develop school leaders in schools in West Michigan, in partnership with the Doug and Maria DeVos Foundation and the Steelcase Foundation.
Read full articleThe Leadership Academy will share its research-based educational leadership strategies for leading districts for equity, coaching, and foundational skills for principal supervisors at AASA’s National Conference on Education on Feb. 14 and 15.
Read full articleMore and more often, we hear and read about the work of “leading for equity.” But what does that mean? What can that work look like?
Read full articleThe National Summit for Principal Supervisors has selected the The Leadership Academy to facilitate the Pre-Conference Institute at its third annual summit on April 25. Leadership Academy Vice President of District Leadership Support Mary Rice-Boothe and Chief Strategy Officer Nancy Gutiérrez will lead the interactive Pre-Conference professional learning session.
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