Results

The goal of The Broad Superintendents Academy is to raise student achievement.  

By focusing on the most important dimensions of an urban superintendency—instructional alignment, operational excellence and stakeholder engagement—and by recruiting participants who have superb leadership skills, Academy graduates are well-poised for success.  We provide ongoing support to graduates once they become superintendents, so we expect them to quickly and significantly raise student achievement.  And they have delivered.

With the training and support from the Academy, graduates are improving student achievement faster than their peers:

	67% of academy graduates who have served as superintendents for three years - such as Pittsburgh Public Schools Superintendent Mark Roosevelt, Broad Academy Class of '03 - have improved student achievement faster than other districts in their states.
	80% of academy graduates who served as superintendents for four years have improved student achievement faster than other districts in their states. The Houston Independent School District, for example, narrowed 83 percent of income and ethnic achievement gaps faster than other Texas districts after four years under the leadership of former Superintendent Abelardo Saavedra, Class of '02.

While student achievement is the ultimate goal, the improvements Academy graduates are making are not limited to the classroom. Their successes extend to district management and operations:

	Nearly $100 million was saved by Houston Independent School District Superintendent Abelardo Saavedra, a 2002 Broad Academy graduate, by reorganizing the district’s central office to operate more leanly and efficiently—and then he gave his teachers their highest pay raise in seven years.
	Mark Roosevelt, superintendent of Pittsburgh Public Schools, has raised $100 million for the Pittsburgh Promise, which will provide college funding for every child in the district who is accepted into college and meets certain academic standards.
	A $13 million deficit was turned into a $62.5 million budget surplus in one year by Miami-Dade County Public Schools Deputy Superintendent Ofelia San Pedro, a 2005 Broad Academy graduate, while also giving 22,000 teachers a raise.

• Half of all graduates have professional backgrounds outside the K-12 sector
• 54% of Academy graduates are people of color
• 43% of Academy graduates are women
• The 2010 academy class, which attracted more than 600 resumes nationwide, had a 2% selectivity rate
• Academy graduates have filled 71 superintendent positions and 87 senior school district executive positions. Graduates of the program currently work as superintendents or school district executives in 53 cities across 28 states. In 2009, 43 percent of all large urban superintendent openings were filled by Broad Academy graduates
• 68% of academy graduates work in K-12 education leadership roles today
• Three Academy graduates have been named state superintendents of the year.