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Microcert Instructor, Brendaly Torres: The Question That Changed My Life
Brendaly Torres is currently an ENL teacher and instructional coach at East Bronx Academy for the Future, a small 6-12 public school in the Bronx. After completing “Teaching ELLs: A Literacy...
View ArticleNew Visions Students Go to Harvard
Few students can claim they went to Harvard, but now students from four high schools in the New Visions network can say just that. During fall 2019, students from the Community Health Academy of the...
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Keeping Students and Learning at the Center During COVID-19
How do you move student learning forward in the midst of a crisis? Ever since New York City’s schools closed their doors in March, The Young Women's Leadership School of the Bronx (TYWLS Bronx),...
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8 Lessons We Are Learning about Student Engagement During Covid-19
This blog summarizes a case study. To read the full case study, click here. As schools have shifted to remote learning, Google Classroom has become nearly ubiquitous in New York City’s schools. Google...
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Meet the 2020 New Visions Scholarship Winners
Each year, New Visions is privileged to award exceptional high school seniors with scholarships of up to $20,000 to offset the cost of attending the colleges of their choice. Nominated by their...
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Launching the School Year: Resources to Create a Coherent Approach to Google...
Last March, schools had to make a quick pivot to remote instruction and Google Classroom became the primary learning platform for millions of students. We know that most schools will continue with...
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A Message from Our President: Black Lives Matter
The killings in recent weeks of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd are brutal, tragic, and too familiar. On top of a public health crisis that has disproportionately affected communities...
View ArticleNew Visions for Public Schools and Lazard Launch Lazard New Visions Academy
New York, May [24], 2021 – New Visions for Public Schools and Lazard Ltd (NYSE: LAZ) announced today the launch of the Lazard New Visions Academy, a signature initiative funded by the Lazard...
View ArticleThe “Learning & Evolving” Series: Educators Share Their Stories on...
Every school is unique, but more than three decades of working closely with schools, educators, and students have taught New Visions for Public Schools that schools face common challenges supporting...
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Wellness Groups: One Take on Making Advisories More Effective During and...
A far cry from rebuilding familiar structures that were ‘normal’ and ‘comfortable’ pre-Pandemic, the school is expanding the “Weekly Wellness Groups” they created during remote instruction last year....
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Deepening Connections Through One-on-One Advisory
Following months of adaptations, adjustments, and innovations to navigate remote instruction and sustain contact with students, the Academy for Careers in Television & Film (ACTvF) continues to...
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Listening to Students: Building Culturally Responsive Supports for a Diverse...
Over the last two years, educators at The Khalil Gibran International Academy (KGIA) have developed specific strategies to listen and respond to their multilingual, multiethnic, multicultural student...
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Strengthening Family-School Bonds through Two-Way Town Halls
It can be challenging for schools to consistently keep families abreast of new information, and make room for them to ask questions and share concerns. The Knowledge and Power Preparatory Academy...
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Advisory for Student-led Conferences: Building Ownership and...
In response to a pattern of decreasing student achievement, the New Visions Charter High School for Advanced Math and Science IV (AMS IV) launched their first advisory program in fall 2021, and...
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Manifesting a Pedagogy of Love: Deepening Student-Teacher Relationships...
When Wadleigh Secondary School faced the threat of closure, its families and students called for change. In response, in 2018, led by new principal Kyleema Norman, Wadleigh took up a Pedagogy of Love,...
View ArticleAMS II Honored as 2022 National Blue Ribbon School
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona today recognized 297 schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2022. The recognition is based on a school’s overall academic performance or progress in...
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New Features in the Portal: Enhancing Student Success through Efficient Data...
Empowering Educators for a Successful School Year Ahead As the summer wanes and the school year begins anew, educators are gearing up to guide their students on a fresh path to success. New Visions...
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Empowering Minds: The Teacher 2 Librarian Program’s Impact on NYC Schools
In a world driven by technology and information, the significance of libraries in educational institutions cannot be overstated. They serve as hubs of knowledge, creativity, and imagination, offering...
View ArticleCareer Academy Alumni Julie Vukaj
Lazard 2021 Summer Academy My name is Julie Vukaj, and as a rising High school sophomore in 2020, I was completing my online classes when I received an email invitation to apply to the Lazard - New...
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Building the Systems that Students Deserve
92% of students from New Visions network schools graduated on time in 2023. How have our partner schools outpaced their peers in student achievement outcomes year after year? New Visions for Public...
View ArticlePress Release - Transforming Career Pathway Advising
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Transforming Education to Career Pathway Advising: New Visions Launching Expanded Directory & Resources in May New York, NY - New Visions for Public Schools, a pioneer in...
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Our Critical Work Supporting Multilingual Learning Education
New York City recently saw an influx of migrant students numbering in the thousands, which has heightened the urgent need for effective Multilingual Learner programming. We at New Visions have taken a...
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Black History Month and Social Emotional Learning (SEL)
By Hawa Touray, New Visions Intern and Senior at Kappa International in the Bronx Black History Month (BHM) is a reminder that Black history is inextricable from United States history. To emphasize...
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New Dorp High School Students Visit New Visions for Career Discovery Week
The bustling streets of New York City are not just a backdrop for movies or a stage for tourists; they are a thriving hub of opportunity and innovation. And for students of New Dorp High School, that...
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Catching Butterflies: A Strategic Approach to Tackling Chronic Absenteeism
At Fort Hamilton High School, educators are laser focused on getting students through the school doors every morning. With over 4,000 students at the school, identifying and grouping causes of chronic...
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Reducing Chronic Absenteeism: Year 1 Pilot Shows Promising Outcomes
Chronic Absenteeism Remains a National Issue In April, we wrote about new interventions that a group of schools in the New Visions network have implemented to address chronic absenteeism. New Visions...
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Press Release - Postsecondary “Auto-Pilot” Program for Bronx Youth
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New Visions Launches Postsecondary “Auto-Pilot” Program for Bronx Youth New Visions for Public Schools proudly announces the launch of its groundbreaking Auto-Pilot program,...
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Looking Back, Moving Forward
Connecting Students and Families in Shelters with the Resources They Need Imagine your family is facing the obstacles of homelessness, living in a shelter, looking for housing and employment while...
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New Visions High School Graduates Pay it Forward to Move their Peers Ahead
We’re pleased to highlight the impactful work of our Bridge Coaches–recent high school graduates who are giving back by helping high school seniors navigate the path to college. We are proud of the...
View ArticleGetting Set to Tackle Chronic Absenteeism
Last spring, we wrote about piloting new approaches to tackling chronic absenteeism. In this pilot, educators analyzed attendance data in the Portal to differentiate between various types of chronic...
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