Raquel Kraushar
Principal, Tubman Montessori
Joined the Team in 2012
Raquel Kraushar is entering her third year as Principal at Tubman Montessori. Raquel attended Northwestern University in Evanston, IL where she received a BA in Communication Studies and Global Health. In 2012, Raquel joined Teach for America in New Orleans and joined the team at Harriet Tubman during the K-1-2 Montessori program’s pilot year. In 2015, Raquel began teaching at KIPP McDonogh 15 as a first grade teacher. While at KIPP, she was grade level chair for two years. Raquel returned home to Tubman in the fall of 2018.
In the 2019-2020 school year, Raquel was Tubman Montessori’s nominee for the New Orleans Excellence in Teaching award. She served as the Director of English Language Arts from 2019-2022. In 2023-2024, Raquel led the team to dramatically improve their DIBELS reading composite scores as 72% of all K-2 were reading at strategic and above. She is excited to continue this work to improve academic gains for all students and prepare them for 3rd grade and beyond.