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Distinguished New Leaders

New Leaders for New School's dedication to urban education is unwavering as is our commitment to ensuring access to the benefits of a high quality education for all. Our leaders make a lasting impact. The direction New Leaders provide and the values they teach help students become productive and influential members of their communities. These are the inspiring stories of five outstanding New Leaders whose leadership dramatically transforms schools and opens the doors to higher education for urban students across the country. Click a name or portrait to read their full story.

Paul Bambrick-Santoyo

New Leader, Cohort 2
Uncommon Schools Managing Director, North Star Academies Network
Newark, New Jersey

Highest college acceptance and placement rates among all schools in New Jersey, regardless of income, from 2006-2007
One of four schools nationwide to receive the 2007-2008 Education Trust “Dispelling the Myth” Award
U.S. Department of Education Title 1 Distinguished School Award, presented to only two New Jersey schools sustaining high learning gains from 2006-2007

Jarvis Sanford

New Leader, Cohort 2
Dodge Renaissance Academy Principal
Chicago, Illinois

Highest gaining school in the state of Illinois from 2005-2006
Largest one-year test score gains in the state in 2006
33% math gain and 26% ELA gain from 2004-2006; Dodge doubled its math proficiency rate to 67% and nearly doubled its ELA rate to 57%

Michelle Pierre-Farid

New Leader, Cohort 3
Tyler Elementary School Principal | 2006-2007
Washington, D.C.

More than 20-point gain in both ELA and math proficiency - 41 points across the two subjects combined
Largest gain score among elementary schools in the city in a New Leaders internal value-added analysis comparing gains in all DC schools
TEAM cash award recipient, recognizing Tyler as one of only three DC public schools where student test scores rose more than 20%

Tatiana Epanchin

New Leader, Cohort 2
Monarch Academy Principal | 2006-2007
Oakland, California

Single most improved school in the sate of California
Increase in proficiency scores from 51% to 73% in math and from 29% to 45% in ELA, a 39-percentage point increase across the two subjects
U.S. Department of Education Title 1 Distinguished School Award

Robert Spencer

New Leader, Cohort 4
Capitol Heights Academy Principal | 2006-2007
Sacramento, California

Most improved elementary school in the Sacramento Public School district
Highest gains among elementary schools in Sacramento on California’s Academic Performance Index
U.S. Department of Education Title 1 Distinguished School Award

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