Neerav Kingsland

NEERAV KINGSLAND

The Broad Residency Class of 2009-2011
Current Organization: New Schools for New Orleans
J.D., Yale Law School
B.A., English, Tulane University

“All children in this country – regardless of the situation to which they are born – deserve an education that will prepare them for college and the world beyond. In New Orleans, we have a chance to provide this education to every child in the city. In doing so, we can prove to the nation that the achievement gap is not intractable – rather, it is a problem that has been created by adults and that can be solved by adults.”

Neerav Kingsland currently serves as the chief strategy officer of New Schools for New Orleans. In this role, Kingsland has assisted in the launching and supporting of ten new charter schools and has managed human capital partnerships with Teach For America, New Leaders for New Schools, and The New Teacher Project. In this capacity, he oversees a portfolio of charter school development and human capital investments, as well manages direct programming support to charter schools – to date, this work has led to the creation of 8 new charter schools, 1 new takeover CMO, the recruitment of over 200 teachers, and the incubation of three school support organizations. Currently, he is leading New Schools for New Orleans strategic planning process. Prior to this role, Kingsland served as the vice president of school development and human capital at New Schools for New Orleans. Kingsland assisted in the launching and supporting of ten new charter schools and has managed human capital partnerships with Teach For America, New Leaders for New Schools, and The New Teacher Project. Before joining New Schools for New Orleans, Kingsland attended Yale Law School, where he co-wrote an amicus brief to the United State Supreme Court, was director of the Education Adequacy Project legal clinic, worked as a legal assistant at a war crimes tribunal in Sierra Leone, and drafted a human rights report on the state of democracy in the Tibetan Government In-Exile. Kingsland was first drawn to education reform as an undergraduate at Tulane University, where he tutored students at Woodson Middle School and taught creating writing to illiterate adults at the Y.M.C.A. After Hurricane Katrina devastated the city, Kingsland and two other law students formed the Hurricane Katrina Legal Clinic, which assisted in the creation of New Schools for New Orleans. Kingsland holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Tulane University and a juris doctorate from Yale Law School. Kingsland is a participant in The Broad Residency in Urban Education (Class of 2009-2011), serving his two-year Residency at New Schools for New Orleans.