IN NY TIMES: NYC OUTWARD BOUND PRESIDENT’’S LETTER TO THE EDITOR >

From our President Richard Stopol in this week’s New York Times, on the means & ends of a great public education:

VALIDUS PREP JOINS NY COHORT OF ‘STUDENTS TAKING CHARGE’ >

Our health and fitness-focused Validus Prep in the Bronx has been invited to join the NY cohort of the Student Taking Charge program.

EDUTOPIA FEATURES EARLY NYC OUTWARD BOUND TEACHER SUSAN MCCRAY >

An early NYC Outward Bound staff member, Susan McCray now teaches Expeditionary Learning at Casco Bay High School Portland, Maine. Watch her and EL practices in action here:

NY POST PROFILES NYC OUTWARD BOUND’S NEW QUEENS SCHOOL >

Today’s New York Post features an article on our soon-to-open Metropolitan Avenue Expeditionary Learning School.

KURT HAHN SCHOOL’S 2010 DOCUMENTARIES DEBUT >

Our Kurt Hahn School debuts its student documentaries on the importance of speech, food and communication in an urban society.

NYC OUTWARD BOUND FIRST TO HAVE SCHOOLS IN ALL 5 BOROUGHS >

NYC Outward Bound is now the first NYC Department of Ed partner with schools in all five boroughs!

NY TIMES: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY ATHLETES MENTOR WHEELS STUDENTS >

In today’s New York Times: Our Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School’s mentor program with Columbia University athletes.