30 New Districts Join the League of Innovative Schools

Digital Promise is thrilled to announce that 30 districts are joining the League of Innovative Schools for the 2024-2025 school year. This new cohort contributes toward the network’s reach of more than 150 districts across 34 states, and continues its cumulative impact to 4.4 million students served over time.

Please join us in welcoming the new 2024-2025 cohort of the League of Innovative Schools!

• Bellmore Union Free School District (New York)
• Belmont-Redwood Shores School District (California)
• Burlingame School District (California)
• Calistoga Joint Unified School District (California)
• Cedar Rapids Community School District (Iowa)
• Cherry Hill Public Schools (New Jersey)
• Desert Sands Unified School District (California)
• East Williston School District (New York)
• Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation (Indiana)
• Garden City Union Free School District (New York)
• Hawthorne School District (California)
• Hillside Public Schools District (New Jersey)
• Lincoln Elementary School District 156 (Illinois)
• Los Angeles County Office of Education (California)
• Mamaroneck Union Free School District (New York)
• Norristown Area School District (Pennsylvania)
• NYCPS District 19 (New York)
• Orangeburg County School District (South Carolina)
• Orcutt Union School District (California)
• Quakertown Community School District (Pennsylvania)
• Solana Beach School District (California)
• Teaneck Public Schools (New Jersey)
• Torrance Unified School District (California)
• Tuscaloosa City Schools (Alabama)
• Valley Stream 24 Union Free School District (New York)
• Wantagh Union Free School District (New York)
• Weehawken Township School District (New Jersey)
• West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District (New Jersey)
• Westminster School District (California)
• Ypsilanti Community Schools (Michigan)

The League selected this year’s new members based on their educational leadership, demonstrated commitment to equity and excellence, innovative vision for learning, key achievements, and collaborative spirit. Members of this new cohort are engaging communities and families around strategic planning, taking a holistic approach to student mental health and well-being, preparing high school students for a changing workforce, and more.

Through their membership in the League, superintendents and leaders from these new districts will help shape the future of teaching and learning through hands-on opportunities to collaborate, connect, and learn. Alongside fellow League members, these leaders will access unique opportunities to co-create, pilot, and scale innovative practices, apply learnings to their own districts, and identify and promote promising practices to other districts across the country.

Here’s how districts in the 2024-2025 cohort are implementing innovative approaches to teaching and learning in service of all learners, from the perspective of their superintendents:

This week, representatives from these 30 districts joined the League in Lindsay, California, for our biannual convening hosted by Lindsay Unified School District. Here, they were officially welcomed into the network by fellow members and participated in school visits in Lindsay, gained hands-on learning experiences around timely topics in education, and forged connections with fellow district leaders.

Launched in 2011, the League of Innovative Schools is a national network of school districts that connects and supports the most forward-thinking leaders in education. By collaborating on shared priorities, League members — including superintendents and district leaders — spearhead innovative learning and leadership practices to achieve equitable outcomes for every student.