ESI Videos

Focused on increasing life outcomes of black and Latino males who attend NYC public high schools by closing educational achievement and opportunity gaps and preparing them to graduate college and career ready.

ESI has initiated a research and design process, the ESI School Design Fellowship, to develop a new school model that can achieve breakthrough results

Culturally responsive education empowers students by respecting their identity and interests as central to the learning process.

Habeeb Lewis shares how the BROS program helped him feel comfortable coming in as a freshman. Through the support of this brotherhood he has opened up to the world and wants to experience as much as he can in preparation for college.

Aaron Caesar talks about how racism and discrimination made him shut out the world. Thanks to the PGC program he has been able to open up, build confidence in who he is, and set goals for his future.

An advisory class was designed to address the psycho-affective, social-emotional and intellectual concerns of the young men at the Eagle Academy.

One of the many ESI programs that support the continued achievement of Black and Latino young men is the Young Men’s Gatherings, open to all 9th and 10th grade students who are involved in the Expanded Success Initiative, as well as accompanying staff. These gatherings involve film screenings, discussions, live performances, speakers, interactive workshops, mentoring, and more. The goal of the Young Men’s Gatherings is to allow students to network and learn from each other and build community with students from other ESI schools. In 2014, five Young Men’s Gatherings were held at various locations throughout New York City, as Read More >

Peer Group Connections is a peer-to-peer mentoring program that is designed to ease the transition to high school for new ninth grade students.

Students are taught to recognize who they are, their identity through programs that will help them shape their futures.

The shift in school culture has been overwhelmingly positive: student achievement is increasing, and attendance for underclassmen students has improved as ninth and tenth graders feel more adjusted to high school and part of a community.