About Schools for a New Society

A number of Corporation publications have focused on the Schools for a New Society (SNS) initiative. Below are links that will lead you to them, along with other information about the SNS work.

SCHOOLS FOR A NEW SOCIETY LEADS THE WAY
This monograph provides a detailed overview of the development, goals and mission of Schools for a New Society, as well as portraits (including relevant data) of the seven cities where the initiative is underway.

Download a PDF | Read it online

 
THE CARNEGIE REPORTER
The Carnegie Reporter is the magazine of Carnegie Corporation of New York. The Reporter is published twice a year and aims to be a hub of ideas and forum for dialogue about the work of foundations as well as about the national issues that the Corporation's work focuses on. These articles from the Reporter highlight the Corporation's Schools for a New Society initiative. (If you want to view other issues of the Reporter, they are all available here.)
• Whole District School Reform
• Transforming Teaching & Learning Through Technology
• A Footnote to History
• No Child Left Behind
• Alternative Pathways to College
• 7 Cities Lead the Movement to Change American High Schools

CARNEGIE CHALLENGE PAPERS
The goal of Carnegie Challenge papers is to lift up ideas and issues in a way that we hope will elevate them to the national agenda. The subjects we deal with, along with questions we explore, grow out of the work of Carnegie Corporation of New York but do not necessarily represent the focus of our program.
• Creating a New Vision of the Urban High School [PDF]
• The Urban High School's Challenge: Ensuring Literacy for Every Child [PDF]
• Immigrant Students, Urban High Schools: The Challenge Continues [PDF]
• A Footnote to History

OTHER INFORMATION about the Corporation's current program priorities in education can be found here: Carnegie Corporation National Program.