In 2016, Lexington County School District One in South Carolina was on the verge of a school leader shortage. It was expected that the district ...
NYC Leadership Academy President & CEO Dr. Nancy Gutiérrez issued the following statement today in response to a new study by RAND on principal pipelines: ...
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 articleDes Moines Public Schools won the National School Board Association's Magna Award for programming that breaks down barriers for traditionally underserved students. For the last ...
Read full articleNational Leadership Facilitator Derick Spaulding recently delivered the keynote address for the Santa Clara County Middle School Youth Conference. Derick told the room full of middle ...
Read full articleThe NYC Leadership Academy today released its 2018 Accomplishments Report, highlighting our work over the last year with nearly 1,000 leaders across 63 school systems ...
Read full articleNYC Leadership Academy President & CEO Nancy B. Gutiérrez joins leaders from around the world in sharing her education story as part of the Yidan ...
Read full articleThis holiday season, we at the NYC Leadership Academy are grateful for the dedicated school and school system leaders across the country who take risks ...
Read full articleThe NYC Leadership Academy announced today that school system leaders Dr. Hector Montenegro and Dr. Kendra Ferguson have joined its Board of Directors. Montenegro has ...
Read full articleThe newly launched Wisconsin Urban Leadership Institute (WULI), a partnership between the Leadership Academy the five largest school districts in Wisconsin, was featured in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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 article"The progress that some courageous district leaders have made to address racial inequities in their schools and systems is at great risk with colorblind policies," ...
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 articleLeadership Academy Vice President of District Leadership Michele Shannon was recently featured in Education Week describing ways school leaders can address school segregation.
Read full articleCongratulations to our alum Dr. Reginald Landau and MS 216 George J. Ryan School in Queens on its recognition as a 2018 National Blue Ribbon School.
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 articleBrandon Cardet-Hernandez, principal at Urban Assembly Bronx Academy of Letters, has been named Senior Education Advisor in the NYC Mayor’s Office.
Read full articleThe Leadership Academy was mentioned in a recent article related to our work with the Wallace Foundation’s University Principal Pipeline Initiative (UPPI).
Read full articleIn an essay published by District Administration magazine, incoming CEO Nancy Gutierrez and Newburgh Enlarged City School District Superintendent Roberto Padilla write about the skills needed to turn around a school.
Read full articleEducation Week featured the appointment among other critical transitions in education leadership.
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 articleFor two years, five principal supervisors, or “directors,” in the Ft. Wayne Community Schools in Indiana have been learning how to better support their principals in their efforts to improve their schools.
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 articleLeadership Academy CEO Irma Zardoya was quoted in a recent Education Week article responding to news that the newly passed federal education budget eliminated the School Leader Recruitment and Support Program (SLRSP), which supports and develops leaders in high-needs schools.
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 Des Moines Public School District has selected the The Leadership Academy to build the capacity of school-based equity coaches to support implementation of the district’s equity plan.
Read full articleThe Leadership Academy’s launch of the West Michigan Leadership Academy was featured on MLive.
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 articleProfessional learning is both an art and a science that requires those who deliver it to commit to continuous learning and improvement. The staff at Maricopa County Education Service Agency (MCESA) provide training and support to all 58 school districts in Maricopa County, Arizona, indirectly affecting the experiences of thousands of students each year – so it is critical that they have the expertise to make every session with educators count.
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.
Read full article2017 was a year of wins for the Leadership Academy. We expanded our reach to our 32nd state, working in 110 school systems to support nearly 1,000 school and school system leaders whose work in turn reached more than 2 million students.
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