NYC Outward Bound Schools joined nonprofit, public and private sector leaders from all over the world at the Third Annual Concordia Summit, where our Chief Advancement Officer Paola Vita joined our Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School principal Brett Kimmel and Capital One Bank’s Northeast Regional President and Commercial Banking President Michael Slocum in a panel discussion on how our partnership has helped WHEELS’ advance high student achievement for all.
EdWeek article on research firm Mathematica’s new study, which reveals that middle school students at an Expeditionary Learning school perform better in reading/math than in other public schools. Three of the five studied schools were in our network: Marsh Avenue Expeditionary Learning School, Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School and Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School – WHEELS.
PBS profiles our Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School (WHEELS), where individualized attention, an ethos of support, and strong sense of community has helped propel its 98% Latino student body toward academic and personal success.