Jeffrey Thielman, Author at Pioneer Institute

About Jeffrey Thielman

Jeff Thielman became president and CEO of the International Institute of New England (IINE) in 2015. Prior to joining IINE, he co-founded the national Cristo Rey Network and spent nearly two decades creating schools that serve 11,000 low income and immigrant students in 21 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. Thielman oversaw the start-up of the first 24 Cristo Rey schools and served as President of Cristo Rey Boston High School.

Entries by Jeffrey Thielman

Cristo Rey Schools: A Model of 21st-Century Catholic Education

November 1, 2017/by Jeffrey Thielman

This paper examines Cristo Rey schools, why they work, how they work and what parts of their education/business design can be successfully transferred to other Catholic high schools. It will look at the Cristo Rey Network, a cooperative organization formed to standardize the Cristo Rey approach, offer resources to the individual schools and help promote the spread of Cristo Rey schools to cities that can support them.