2022 Annual Report
2022 Annual Report – Alliance, All In: My Story. Your Story. Our Story
Big Goals. Big Commitments.
We are excited and honored to announce that philanthropist Mackenzie Scott has made a generous $16M contribution to Alliance, specifically citing our effectiveness in changing educational outcomes for our most marginalized young people. In an act of incredible generosity, Scott has made a commitment to giving away all her wealth and has been making generous…
Feature: Alliance Community Garden Cultivates Success
Last week, CBS News Los Angeles and Telemundo visited Alliance Piera Barbaglia Shaheen Health Services Academy in South LA. The news channels featured the high school’s community garden and the inspiring ways it has been used to help foster social-emotional healing and wellness for scholars on campus. The garden was launched this past fall with…
U.S. News and World Report: Alliance in Top 5%!
Last week, U.S. News & World Report again recognized all 17 eligible Alliance high schools as among the best in the nation in the publication’s annual ranking of Best Public High Schools. More than 24,000 high schools were reviewed based on factors including students’ college readiness, math and reading performance, as well as performance of schools’ underserved…
Alliance Governing Board Selects Pablo Villavicencio as New CEO
We are thrilled to share the news that the Alliance Governing Board unanimously voted to select Pablo Villavicencio as Alliance College-Ready Public Schools’ next Chief Executive Officer. Currently serving as Alliance’s President & Superintendent, Pablo will transition to the role of CEO effective January 3, 2022. Pablo has dedicated his life to ensuring better educational opportunities…
Mentorship program aims to ease high school-college transition to deter students from not going
NORTHRIDGE, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Going from high school to college is so daunting, many students just don’t show up, but one mentorship program is helping students keep their academic dreams alive. Haylee Guerra was anxious about attending college. The Cal State Northridge freshman says not only was it virtual, but she was the first…
Across U.S., schools, districts are seeking to attract, retain more teachers of color
Born in 1846 in Philadelphia, education activist Caroline LeCount was the first Black woman to pass the city’s teacher’s examination. As principal of a public school, LeCount championed fellow Black educators. When a new principal was needed at the Wilmot Colored School, LeCount recommended one of her teachers, telling the school board that the candidate was “fully qualified”…
What will in-person learning look like for middle and high school students?
Many junior high and high schools plan to create a hybrid-learning model with two days of in-person instruction and two days of distance learning a week. LOS ANGELES (KABC) — While students have been at-home distance learning, secondary school administrators have been busy preparing for their return. Campuses have been transformed into color-coded pods to…
Stand up for families, students and teachers at all types of public schools
Angelica Solis-Montero, Executive Director of the L.A. Coalition for Excellent Public Schools (LACEPS), wrote an op-ed about how the pandemic has impacted LA’s public charter school students. Alliance College-Ready Public Schools is part LACEPS.