Executive Vice President Michele Shannon discusses school leadership on podcast

Our Executive Vice President of Client Services Michele Shannon is featured on episode #68 of Urban Institute's Critical Value, a podcast that explores issues of ...

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Chief Access & Equity Officer Talks “Data-Driven Equity”

In an article featured in the American School Board Journal, The Leadership Academy Chief Access & Equity Officer Mary Rice-Boothe, Ed. D. describes using data ...

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The Leadership Academy featured on “The Balancing Act”

On March 27, The Leadership Academy was featured on The Balancing Act television program hosted by Montel Williams airing on WMBC-TV and WPIX 11 in the tri-state area, and ...

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West Michigan Leadership Academy launches 4th year of developing school leaders

The West Michigan Leadership Academy, a program designed to cultivate school leaders’ capacity and commitment to culturally responsive, antiracist leadership, will launch its fourth cohort ...

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NYC Schools Chancellor appointment defies “leave to succeed” mindset

Leadership Academy President & CEO Nancy Gutierrez and Newburgh Enlarged City School District Superintendent Roberto Padilla co-wrote an op-ed about the historic appointment of Meisha ...

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Chief Access & Equity Officer offers key tips for equity officers

The Leadership Academy Chief Access & Equity Officer Mary Rice-Boothe, Ed. D. offers lessons for maximizing the success of equity officers and their organization.

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Messages for Education Secretary nominee Miguel Cardona

What do U.S. Education Secretary nominee Miguel Cardona, Newburgh Superintendent Roberto Padilla, and The Leadership Academy CEO Nancy Gutierrez all have in common? They all see it as ...

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Toward racial equity in public schooling: Less talk, more action

“For the many leaders who’ve explicitly embraced the goal of making public schooling more equitable, the challenge now is to put their beliefs into action,” ...

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The Leadership Academy supports policy letter to Secretary of Education nominee Dr. Miguel Cardona

The Leadership Academy has joined a number of national education organizations and researchers in sending a letter to Secretary of Education nominee Dr. Miguel Cardona ...

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The Leadership Academy publishes its Accomplishments Report 2020

The Leadership Academy has released its Accomplishments Report 2020, telling the stories of how we partnered with school and school system leaders across the county over ...

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Watch culturally responsive leadership in action in a documentary about The Leadership Academy

Spend time inside two very different school districts to see up close how education leaders and teachers are creating culturally responsive school cultures and learning environments ...

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Chief Access & Equity Officer featured in Journal of Accountancy

In an article featured in the Journal of Accountancy, The Leadership Academy Chief Access & Equity Officer Mary Rice-Boothe, Ed. D. shares her thoughts on implementing ...

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Documentary on The Leadership Academy premieres on public television

A documentary film on The Leadership Academy will premiere on public television this Friday, Oct. 9. Part of The Visionaries, an award-winning public television series hosted by acclaimed actor Sam Waterston of Netflix’s Grace and Frankie and formerly ...

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NYC Leadership Academy changes name, sharpens focus on culturally responsive leadership

The NYC Leadership Academy today announced it is changing its name to The Leadership Academy and adopting an updated look with a new tagline, “Empowering leaders. Transforming schools for every ...

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The74 op-ed: How leaders can be culturally responsive amid Covid-19

The Leadership Academy President & CEO Nancy Gutiérrez, and Chief Access & Equity Officer Mary Rice-Boothe write op-ed for The 74.

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The Leadership Academy to train principal supervisors across Texas

The The Leadership Academy launches 6th cohort of national principal supervisor program with focus on culturally responsive leadership.

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EVP Shannon offers new principals advice on navigating Covid in Ed Week

Executive Vice President Michele Shannon offers new principals sage advice as they start their job amidst a pandemic that has exposed and exacerbated systemic racism ...

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Leadership Academy Participates in Digital Promise Webinar Series

Last month, The Leadership Academy participated in a two-part discussion as part of the Education Leadership for a Digital World webinar series hosted by Digital Promise and sponsored by the Wallace Foundation.

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In Latinos for Ed blog, CEO calls for combating AAPI hate

Our President and CEO Dr. Nancy B. Gutiérrez calls for us all to combat hate in an article featured on the Latinos for Education blog, Con Ganas We Can.

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Two esteemed education leaders named to NYCLA board of directors

The NYC Leadership Academy today appointed Dr. Darline Robles and Dr. John Garcia III to its Board of Directors. 

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Esteemed leaders in education join our new expert advisory council

Leadership Academy creates Chief Access & Equity role  to support equity-focused professional learning   

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Give the gift of an education that works for every student

The greatest gift I ever got was my 8th grade teacher. Mr. Lovelace believed in me when so many other adults had given up and ...

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Student Achievement Partners and NYCLA build culturally responsive tools

K-12 instruction experts Student Achievement Partners and educational leadership development leader NYC Leadership Academy have teamed up to develop a new set of professional learning ...

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On Giving Tuesday, help leaders create transformative and sustainable change

Education leaders are superheroes. Whether leading a school or an entire school system, they hold the power to change the lives of young people. But ...

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CEO featured on Pedagogy of the Obsessed podcast

Our President and CEO Dr. Nancy Gutiérrez was featured on a recent episode of the Pedagogy of the Oppressed podcast.

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Leadership Academy coaching featured in Educational Leadership magazine

Our coaching work was recently featured in an article published in ASCD’s Educational Leadership magazine.

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Ed Week features Leadership Academy partnership with Massachusetts

The Leadership Academy was recently featured in an Education Week article announcing our newly-formed partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

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Chief Access & Equity Officer publishes equity-focused book reviews

Our Chief Access & Equity Officer Mary Rice-Boothe recently published two book reviews for the Main Idea Book Bits, a newsletter for school leaders.

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Leadership coaches speak on parent-principal relations in Ed Week

Leadership Academy National Leadership Facilitator, Corinne Vinal and Coach/Facilitator Sonia Bu were quoted in a recent Education Week article about training principals and giving them the skills necessary to effectively manage conflict between parents and teachers.

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NYCLA to develop equity fellowship for aspiring superintendents of color

The 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 ...

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How a university redesigned its principal prep program

We hear it time and again from senior school system leaders: Finding excellent principals is a struggle. They lack a pipeline of strong leaders who ...

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Fifth cohort of Foundations of Principal Supervision launches

District leaders from around the country to attend fifth cohort of Foundations of Principal Supervision. 

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CEO Dr. Nancy Gutiérrez named Pahara-Aspen Education Fellow

NYC Leadership Academy President & CEO Dr. Nancy Gutiérrez today was named a Fall 2019 Pahara-Aspen Education Fellow. A partnership between the Pahara and Aspen ...

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Equity catalog

In all of our work, we are intentional about how we support leaders in identifying and addressing inequities in schools, from how to teachers are developed and distributed throughout ...

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Key moves districts can take to give new principals a strong start

In their first couple of years on the job, new principals often describe feeling “lost,” “overwhelmed,” and “shell-shocked.” Much of that is because they are not prepared for the extremely demanding position.

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District Administration op-ed: Leadership coaching enables retention and change

The Leadership Academy Senior Director of Strategic Communications and Policy Jill Grossman and Director of Research, Evaluation, and Impact Nikki Nagler are featured in the latest issue of District Administration.

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CEO writes in Kappan about importance of interracial facilitation teams in equity training

The Leadership Academy President & CEO Dr. Nancy Gutiérrez and Gislaine Ngounou, vice president of strategy and programs at the Nellie Mae Education Foundation are featured in the latest issue of Phi Delta Kappan.

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CEO to deliver keynote on equity at Penn GSE

NYC Leadership Academy President & CEO Dr. Nancy Gutiérrez will deliver the keynote address for the 75th anniversary celebration of the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate ...

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NYCLA joins call for Congress to support school leaders

The NYC Leadership Academy today joined 75 other education organizations in calling on members of Congress to fully fund the School Leader Recruitment and Support Program ...

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