Student Leadership Network Celebrates 25 Years of Innovation and Equity in Education
Published by Yahoo Finance
March 15, 2022
This academic year marks the 25th anniversary of the founding of Student Leadership Network (SL Network), an organization dedicated to achieving equity in education by helping students in diverse, underserved communities nationwide gain access to higher education. In this milestone year, SL Network is focused on expansion with two new all-girls schools opening in the fall. Additional priorities include growing its college access programming to reach more students and bolstering college graduation rates. SL Network has worked with nearly 50,000 young people to date, and through its high-performing network of schools and college preparedness programs the organization has cemented its legacy in education innovation by providing the services and support necessary to make equity in education a reality.
“My career in journalism spanned 19 years and during that time I reported on quite a few education stories nationally. I got a good look at the serious shortcomings and failures of public education in this country, particularly in underserved communities” said Ann Rubenstein Tisch, Founder and President of SL Network. “We had broken school systems that were leaving thousands of students under-educated We were derailing generations of young people, leaving them on paths to poverty and stagnation. I was moved to act; first with one school, and then with 15 more. The Young Women’s Leadership School (TYWLS) of East Harlem, was the first single gender public school to open in the United States in more than 30 years. It was founded on the principle that a quality education is a civil right. We succeeded because equity in education is a right and just value.”
