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Cover Story EW INDIA IVY LEAGUE SCHOOL RANKINGS 2025-26

INDIA’S SUPER NOVA

IVY LEAGUE DAY SCHOOLS

Responding to feedback
and the expert advice
of Raymond Ravaglia,
Director of the US-based
education research firm
Launchpad Rankings LLC,
EW presents a new category
of cluster ranked day schools
consistently high ranked
under critical parameters
of primary-secondary
education excellence

ntroduced in 2007, the annual
EducationWorld India School
Rankings (EWISR) has since
Ievolved into the world’s most
comprehensive and largest annual Inventure Academy’s Nooraine Fazal (centre right): equitable refreshing initiative
school rankings survey.
Uninterruptedly for the past or size of our sample respondents This year responding to feedback
18 years we have been rating the database and replaced old, outdated that school education stakeholders
country’s most well-known schools parameters with new ones (curricu- and EW readers were experiencing
under 14 parameters of education lum & pedagogy, mental & emotional a sense of déjà vu with some schools
excellence (academic reputation, well-being services). Moreover to routinely topping EWISR year after
teacher welfare and development, encourage institutional reform and year, on the advice of Raymond
leadership, infrastructure, sports upgradation of low-profile schools in Ravaglia, a Stanford University
education, curriculum and pedagogy tier I and II towns ignored by mass alum and former Dean and Director
etc) and ranking them in three main media, we have instituted the EW of Stanford University Pre-Collegiate
(day, boarding and international) Jury Rankings under which schools Studies and Founder of the Stanford
and 14 sub-categories (to eliminate are third party or self-nominated Online High School, who is currently
apples with oranges type compari- for rating and ranking by juries of Director of US-based education
sons). During this period, the annual knowledgeable educationists. research firm Launchpad Rankings
EWISR has earned the reputation of Subsequently, all high ranked LLC, your editors have created a new
the gold standard of school rankings. schools from across the country super nova category of cluster-ranked
True, other individuals and institu- are invited to the annual three-day schools. Institutions repeatedly high
tions have photo-copied EWISR. We EWISR Awards Nite — India’s largest ranked under critical parameters of
welcome imitation as flattery. conclave of school leaders (promot- school education excellence includ-
Nevertheless although the annual ers, principals, representatives) — to ing teacher welfare and develop-
EWISR has established a national be felicitated and celebrated with ment, faculty competence, academic
— perhaps international — reputa- trophies, certificates, encomiums reputation, co-curricular and sports
tion, we have not been content to and provided networking opportuni- education, have been elevated to a
rest on our oars. Every year we have ties to share best teaching-learning new Ivy League category.
chopped and changed the mix and/ practices. “Numerical scores suggest overly

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