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A Strategic Decision Regarding the Neubauer Fellowship
Given our commitment to improving student outcomes and the ongoing uncertainty due to COVID-19, we made the strategic decision to postpone selection of our seventh cohort and focus our full investment and efforts on supporting our first six cohorts of Neubauer Fellows and participants in our other programs
NEUBAUER FELLOW JOSH LEVINSON LEADS LANKENAU HIGH SCHOOL WITH FAMILY APPROACH TO STUDENTS’ SUCCESS
Read more about Principal Levinson and Lankenau’s work to support all students on their unique journey towards college and career
NEUBAUER FELLOW RICHARD GORDON NAMED NATIONAL PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR
Paul Robeson High School for Human Services’ Principal Richard M. Gordon, IV (2017 Cohort) has been named the 2020-2021 National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) National Principal of the Year
RHAWNHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL – LED BY PERFORMANCE PARTNER JOY KINGWOOD – RECEIVES NATIONAL BLUE RIBBON AWARD
Rhawnhurst Elementary School, led by Philadelphia Academy of School Leaders Performance Partner Joy Kingwood, was recognized by the United States Department of Education as a 2020 National Blue Ribbon School
Our Commitment to Equity and Racial Justice
At the Philadelphia Academy of School Leaders, we work to achieve educational equity in Philadelphia so that every student in every neighborhood attends an excellent school that prepares students to attain their dreams
NEUBAUER FELLOW ALIYA CATANCH-BRADLEY LEADS IN RETAINING AND RECRUITING TEACHERS OF COLOR
Read more about Principal Catanch-Bradley’s intentional and targeted approach for retaining and recruiting her staff. The article also includes a quote from Senior Fellow, Sharif El-Mekki
Philadelphia Academy of School Leaders Adapts to Support School and System Leaders During COVID-19 Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic presented new needs and constraints that required us to pivot our organizational model and develop innovative solutions to serve principals and system leaders. Learn more about our organizational and programmatic shifts
NEUBAUER FELLOWS OUTPERFORM AND OUTPACE ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND ATTENDANCE
Learn more about Cohort 1-4 Neubauer Fellows' impact on student achievement and attendance compared to other schools in the district
SENIOR NEUBAUER FELLOW SHARIF EL-MEKKI STANDS FIRM: FOR BLACK LIVES TO MATTER, WE MUST ENSURE THAT BLACK MINDS MATTER
Read Sharif’s powerful essay on The74Million.org, on how the dual pandemics of long term racial injustice and COVID-19 are negatively and exponentially impacting Black students and what we can all do about it
NEUBAUER FELLOW RICHARD GORDON RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS STATE AND NATIONAL AWARDS
Principal Richard M. Gordon, IV is the recipient of the 2020 Distinguished Service to Education Award and is Pennsylvania Principals Association's Principal of the Year
