United States Department of Education selects New Leaders as one of the 20 highest-rated Investing in Innovation grant applications

November 20, 2012, New York City – New Leaders  has been named one of the 20 highest-rated applications  for the 2012 Investing in Innovation (i3) grant fund by the U.S. Department of Education. New Leaders requested $15 million over five years under the first priority of the Validation grants, Improving the Effectiveness and Distribution of Effective Teachers or Principals. The i3 contest is one of Secretary Arne Duncan’s education reforms, designed to identify and fund innovative ideas that have