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New Leaders for New Schools is a national non-profit that ensures high academic achievement for every student by attracting and preparing outstanding leaders and supporting the performance of the urban public schools they lead at scale. New Leaders rigorously selects high-quality emerging leaders with strong instructional skills to join its urban principal training program. The training includes demanding coursework and a yearlong, hands-on Residency where the New Leaders hone their skills and put theory into practice daily. After the training year, the New Leaders for New Schools team works with these new principals to support them in driving their schools to 90% or higher school-wide student proficiency. Unlike some principal development programs, New Leaders for New Schools prepares its emerging leaders in instructional, operational/managerial, and cultural change/transformational leadership, all with the goal of ensuring that at least 90% of the students in New Leaders-led schools achieve academic proficiency and graduate college-ready. New Leaders currently runs programs in Baltimore, Chicago, Memphis, Milwaukee, New Orleans, New York City, Oakland/California’s Bay Area, Prince George’s County and Washington, DC. Please visit our web site www.nlns.org to learn more about our organization and visit the "Press and Awards" section for media coverage about New Leaders for New Schools.