Press – YES Scholars

Carlos Doesn’t Remember | Revisionist History Podcast

Of the tens of thousands of talented, low-income students who graduate from high school every year in the United States, most never make it to universities appropriate to their gifts. America leaves an enormous amount of talent on the table every year. “Carlos Doesn’t Remember” explains why. Source

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Young Eisner Scholars – Eric Eisner Speaks About YES

Recently, Eric Eisner, Chris Bonilla, and Lizbeth Ledesma were interviewed by reporter Margaret Carrero for CBS Newsradio in Los Angeles, CA. During the first interview, Mr.Eisner explains the basis and methods of the Young Eisner Scholar program in detail. The second interview contains insight into the student perspective of being identified as a YES Scholar. Source

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The Wall Street Journal – The Unlikely Reformer

When former Hollywood mogul Eric Eisner decided to help the smartest students in the roughest Los Angeles schools reach their potential, he led them to a brighter future the only way he knew how: one dream at a time Read more here

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Town & Country Magazine – T&C 50: The Biggest Philanthropists of 2015

Making Headlines: After retiring as president of the David Geffen Company, Eisner founded YES (Young Eisner Scholars), which picks gifted underprivileged children in Los Angeles and offers tutoring and financial aid from the teen years through college. YES recently expanded to New York City and Chicago. Read more here

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Columbia College Today – The Power of YES

He was barely into his 50s when he retired from a high-flying career of Hollywood deal-making and glamour. Now Eric Eisner ’70, LAW’73 pours that same intensity and focus into a nationally recognized educational program, the Young Eisner Scholars, which singles out high-potential inner-city students and makes sure they don’t fall through the cracks. Read more here

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Yale Daily News – Your Score is Relative

When Diana Orozco ’16 was applying to college, she wasn’t getting any help from her mother. Rather, her mom was too busy doing her own high school work. “While I was writing my college admissions essay,” she said. “I was also helping my mum spell words such as ‘serious,’ in her own homework.” A first-generation student whose parents were undocumented immigrants from Mexico, Orozco, who traveled from Los Angeles to New Haven two years ago, represents the new breed of applicants to elite colleges. Until the late ’60s, Yale and its peers were more extensions of prep school than campuses…

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Columbia Law School – Columbia Law School hosts Young Eisner Scholars Program

Earlier this year, the Young Eisner Scholars (YES) program expanded to New York City, with Columbia Law School serving as a resource to help facilitate its growth. Columbia University asked YES founder Eric Eisner ’73 to bring his program to the New York City public school district covering Central Harlem in the autumn of 2012. He quickly accepted the invitation, recruiting longtime friend and educator Zachary Susskind as program director. Read more here

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Press Release Web – YES Scholars Partners with New SAT Self-Study Program

Young Eisner Scholars, winner of the Wall Street Journal's 2012 Innovator of the Year Award in education, has recently partnered with SAT tutor Anthony-James Green's 30daySAT.com program to improve its students' SAT scores. Founded by entrepreneur-turned-philanthropist Eric Eisner, YES has leveled the education playing field for over 200 underserved students, achieving a college acceptance and graduation rate of over 95%. Read more here