Just Pick the Pineapple: Building Trust in Turbulence
By Dr. Allison Persad (Principal, The Young Women’s Leadership School of Astoria)From NASSP’s School of Thought Blog, October 21, 2020 “…These past months of leadership…
Lesson of the Day: ‘With Nowhere to Go, Teens Flock to Among Us’
By Katherine Schulten, The New York TimesOctober 19, 2020 Lesson Overview Featured Article: “With Nowhere to Go, Teens Flock to Among Us” by Taylor Lorenz…
Meet PEOPLE’s Girls Changing the World in 2020
By Diane Herbst and Wendy Grossman Kantor, PeopleSeptember 30, 2020 This article features a graduate from our affiliate school, Girls Academic Leadership Academy (GALA) in…
Girls’ Schools and “Black@_____”
From National Coalition for Girls’ Education (NCGS) Raising Girls’ Voices Blog, September 4, 2020 The deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd and countless…
Michelle Obama to highlight college students’ first year in new Instagram TV series
By Devan Cole, CNN January 7, 2020 Linette Delgado, SL Network Alumni, is featured in former first lady Michelle Obama’s Instagram TV series abour four…
Four NYC high schoolers, two teachers get honor of pressing the button for the New Year’s Eve ball drop
By Wes Parnell and Larry McShane, NY Daily News December 28, 2019 This article features two of our CollegeBound Initiative alums. Four city students well-versed…
Low-income high schoolers who take early college courses more likely to graduate college: study
This article originally appeared on NY Daily News on October 12, 2019. By Michael Elsen-Rooney Low-income city students who take a college course while in…
Kansas City all-girl charter school opens its doors in Northeast
This article originally appeared in Northeast News on December 31, 2019. By Elizabeth Orosco, Northeast News Staff As we wrap up the decade at the…
I’m in college because my high school offered many opportunities — including to learn how to ask for help
This article originally appeared on Chalkbeat on November 25, 2019 By Josue Quintero A year ago, I was waiting to find out whether I would…
How this NYC counselor helps her students get into college — and stay there
This article originally appeared on Chalkbeat on November 11, 2019 By Reema Amin Sumayya Mokit, a senior at The Young Women’s Leadership School of Queens,…
Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington shows off new home
By Joey Chandler, StarNewsOctober 3, 2019 Photographs of 13 empowering and influential women throughout history line a purple wall inside Founders Hall at the new…
The Faces of Young Protesters at New York City’s Climate Strike
By Doreen St. Félix, The New YorkerSeptember 20, 2019 This article features students from The Young Women’s Leadership School of Astoria who participated in the Climate…
TYWLS East Harlem “Girls Take Wall Street” in Celebration of Women’s History Month
On Friday, March 1 2019, The Young Women’s Leadership School of East Harlem (TYWLS EH) kicked off Women’s History Month by sending 60 juniors and…
GOTHAMIST – Video: Are Gender Attitudes Changing? We Asked Some NYC School Kids
With more women running for political office than ever before in U.S. history, people are calling 2018 the Year of the Woman 2.0 (the first…
Join the #CollegeDreamTeam on #GivingTuesday!
We need your help to provide college application and financial aid workshops for parents of seniors at 34 public schools across NYC. Join us in…
TYWLS Astoria students get front row seats at Oprah Winfrey’s exclusive interview with Michelle Obama
TYWLS Astoria students get front row seats at Oprah Winfrey’s exclusive interview with Michelle Obama Earlier this fall, a group of students from TYWLS Astoria…
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