New Visions for Public Schools

New Visions for Public Schools Providing educators with the tools, resources, and support to build strong and responsive systems

New Visions for Public Schools is dedicated to ensuring that all New York City public school students, regardless of race or economic class, have access to a quality education and can graduate prepared for college, career, and life. We design, create, and sustain effective public schools for students in high-need neighborhoods across New York City, serving 79 district and charter schools and reaching approximately 42,000 traditionally under-served students every year. Seeking to transform the lives of students beyond New Visions' schools and guide broader reform efforts, we continuously share our innovative tools, strategies, and lessons learned with practitioners across the country.

What does shifting to high-quality science curricula actually look like in practice? In our latest blog post, hear direc...
10/08/2026

What does shifting to high-quality science curricula actually look like in practice?

In our latest blog post, hear directly from school leader Joshua Campos, Assistant Principal at Richmond Hill High School, and other NYC educators. They share what transitioning to New Visions Biology and Earth & Space Science looks like on the ground—and the results they're seeing in their classrooms. 🔗 Head to the link in our bio to read the full story!

Donor-advised funds hold over $326 billion in charitable assets that are committed to giving. is the national giving d...
10/08/2026

Donor-advised funds hold over $326 billion in charitable assets that are committed to giving. is the national giving day for donor-advised funds — the fastest-growing form of philanthropy in the country.

Giving through your DAF to New Visions for Public Schools helps to build systems that reduce educational inequality and expand opportunities for public school students in NYC and beyond. Give today at newvisions.org/donate.

Postsecondary planning isn't just a senior year effort; it takes a whole team across grades 9-12! 🎓Adult learners benefi...
10/07/2026

Postsecondary planning isn't just a senior year effort; it takes a whole team across grades 9-12! 🎓

Adult learners benefit tremendously from networking, talking to each other, and sharing practical advice. Our Postsecondary Advising Model (PAM) explores all dimensions of postsecondary planning by bringing together essential school-based collaborators to ensure 9-12th grade students have seamless access to advising, Work-Based Learning (WBL), and college/career exposure.

Most schools don't have a dedicated college and career counselor; they have a school counselor who wears many hats and works with a caseload of hundreds of students. Our PAM series — available to our entire Affinity network — recognizes that counselors can't do this work alone. Through PAM, we convene school leaders, counselors, advisors, WBL leads, APs, and CBO partners in intentional conversations about building effective systems for college and career advising.

Together, we're empowering adults with the tools and training they need to support all NYC students to chart clear pathways to successful futures.

10/05/2026

What will your DAF do?

DAF Day is coming up on Oct. 8. Join us in this nationwide celebration of giving through Donor-Advised Funds. When you recommend a DAF gift to New Visions for Public Schools, you directly fuel long-term, systems-level change that changes students' life trajectories.

Recommend a grant through your DAF today by visiting https://www.newvisions.org/support-us.

09/23/2026

We asked New Visions staff to share their favorite acronym from across our work... and let's just say we have a lot of feelings about our alphabet soup. 🔤

From CBO to CEPP, watch our team break down the acronyms that run our world (and yes, we had to explain a few to each other, too).

Drop your own favorite (or most confusing!) edu-acronym in the comments, and stay tuned for Part 2! 👇

09/21/2026

This or That: Financial Literacy Edition! 💳

We put our New Visions staff on the spot with some classic money debates. As you can see, there isn't always one "right" answer—our financial choices are shaped by our personal experiences, goals, and cultures.

That’s exactly why financial education isn't about telling students what to do with their money, but giving them the tools to make the best choices for themselves.

🔗 Read Senior Partnership Engagement Manager Jackie McKinney’s latest blog post on how our own money stories shape how we teach personal finance to the next generation:
https://www.newvisions.org/blog/how-our-own-money-stories-shape-financial-literacy-instruction

This Hispanic Heritage Month, New Visions is highlighting two resources from our free social studies curricula that cent...
09/17/2026

This Hispanic Heritage Month, New Visions is highlighting two resources from our free social studies curricula that center Latin American and Latino history.

Independence Movements in Latin America examines the wave of 18th- and 19th-century revolutions that reshaped the Western Hemisphere, giving students the tools to analyze how colonial rule, Enlightenment ideas, and local movements converged to redraw the map of a continent.
Access here: https://www.newvisions.org/resource/10-2-sq-14-what-led-to-independence-movements-in-the-western-hemisphere-in-the-18th-and-19th-centuries

Latinos & the Vietnam War turns to a chapter of U.S. history that's too often left out of the standard narrative: the experiences of Latino service members and communities during the Vietnam War, and what their history reveals about citizenship, sacrifice, and representation.
Access here: https://www.newvisions.org/resource/latinos-and-the-vietnam-war

Together, these resources ask students to think across centuries and borders and give teachers a way to bring that history into the classroom with rigor. Create a free account on our website to access the curriculum!

Financial literacy isn't about telling students what to value; it's about empowering them with the tools to reach their ...
09/17/2026

Financial literacy isn't about telling students what to value; it's about empowering them with the tools to reach their own goals.

New York State now requires personal finance education for all public school students, beginning this school year. Check out the latest New Visions blog post where Senior Partnership Engagement Manager Jackie McKinney breaks down why effective financial literacy instruction starts with educator self-reflection.

Click the link below to read the full blog.

https://www.newvisions.org/blog/how-our-own-money-stories-shape-financial-literacy-instruction

09/16/2026

To prepare for back-to-school, our Social Studies team led a two-day Instructional Routines Launch with teachers, diving into hands-on, student-led experiences with primary sources from the New Visions curriculum.

We’re proud to partner with districts to offer curriculum-based professional learning grounded in our full-course social studies instructional materials, and aligned professional learning to support student growth.

From examining design principles to practicing the moves that make historical thinking visible, educators left with a coherent toolkit of routines ready to bring into their classrooms this fall.

Shoutout to Elizabeth Shadock and Magellan Pfluke for leading this session!

👉 Ready to bring these routines to your school? Register for an upcoming workshop here:

We're launching our new Career Connected Learning (CCL) program, and it starts with preparing the educators who will bri...
09/16/2026

We're launching our new Career Connected Learning (CCL) program, and it starts with preparing the educators who will bring it to life.

Our pilot Instructor Pre-Service Professional Learning session equipped school-based educators to serve as effective teachers, advocates, and leaders for the career-connected learning models New Visions is working to scale across our network schools.

Led by Elizabeth Ciareta and Jessica Sasko, the session trained instructors on a semester-long, project-based course that blends career readiness, applied economics, and personal finance into one cohesive learning experience, giving students real-world skills alongside academic rigor.

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