# The Internationals Network for Public Schools

Internationals Network for Public Schools is an educational nonprofit supporting International high schools and academies, serving newly arrived immigrants who are English language learners (ELLs), in New York, California, Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC. Internationals Network also partners with other schools and districts across the country.

## History

Internationals Network’s opened in 1985 on the campus of LaGuardia Community College. New York City Department of Education and the City University of New York. In response to the many educational challenges faced by English language learners within district schools, this and another in Brooklyn and The Bronx. In 2001 the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as;ed that they recreate this model across the country as a 501(c)3 nonprofit. Including the 3 in NYC, these locations Beyond those in NYC these included California’s Bay Area, Alexandria, Virginia, and Washington, DC.

## Awards and recognition

The Internationals Approach to teaching has been studied by researchers at Stanford University School Redesign Network and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. The Stanford study, led by Linda Darling-Hammond and her team of researchers, found "the Internationals Network for Public Schools (Internationals) is an important model that originated in New York City and has shown itself to be both successful and adaptable" in California. Michelle Fine and a team of researchers from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York found that students at the three oldest International schools outperformed both English Language Learners and Native English Speakers (in New York City) in graduation rates and college going rates. The International schools also maintained lower drop out rates than ELL students and English only students.
In 2009 the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) announced the four winners of its inaugural E Pluribus Unum national awards for exceptional immigrant integration initiatives. Internationals Network for Public Schools was named for its work teaching late-entry immigrant students.

## Students

Today the network serves approximately 6,000 students annually from 90 countries. Over 90% of students receive free or reduced price lunch, and 86 percent of students come from low-income families. High percentages of students have had interrupted formal education due to political, social, or economic factors in their native countries. 70 percent of students have been separated from one or both parents during their family's immigration to the United States.

## Schools

* The International High School at LaGuardia College
* Manhattan International High School*
* Brooklyn International High School
* Bronx International High School
* Prospect Heights International High School
* The Flushing International High School
* Pan American International High School
* International Community High School
* *International High School at Lafayette
* Oakland International High School
* Pan American International High School at Monroe
* San Francisco International High School
* ELLIS Preparatory Academy
* The International High School at Union Square
* Crotona International High School*
* Claremont International High School*
* International High School for Health Sciences*
* TCW International Academy* in Alexandria, VA
* International Academy at Cardozo HS* in Washington, DC
* International High School at Langley Park
* International High School at Largo
International Academy at Francis C Hammond Middle School