DNA Info bids a fond farewell to the visionary principal of our Brooklyn School for Collaborative Studies: Alyce Barr, who founded BCS and guided the innovative school for years.
DNA Info bids a fond farewell to the visionary principal of our Brooklyn School for Collaborative Studies: Alyce Barr, who founded BCS and guided the innovative school for years.
Principal Matt Brown, parent Shemika Valentine and student Tsaihai Lohr of our Kurt Hahn School talked to ABC7’s Viewpoints about the power of student-led conferences – a structure in all of our schools whereby students, not teachers, lead their parent conferences.
NYC Outward Bound Schools was one of just eight organizations named as News Corp’s 2014 Philanthropy Partners. Their support will help us implement our To and Through College program across our school network.
Chancellor Carmen Farina paid a visit to our Leadership Cohort, which regularly brings together the principals from across our school network for the sharing of best practices, collective troubleshooting of problems, planning, and leadership development. Our principals engaged in a lively Q&A with the new Chancellor.
Time Warner’s new show It Ain’t Rocket Science focuses on pioneering STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) programs happening in our nation’s schools. Episode 18 features 7th graders from our Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School working with mechanical engineering students from the Cooper Union on a learning expedition about the role, history and power of engines in our lives.
TruthAtlas.com profiles our President & CEO Richard Stopol, as well as our organization’s history, impact and future plans of continuing to effect positive and lasting change on the lives of New York City’s young people and their public schools.
Salon goes deep into the value of experiential learning for students, and highlights our work in bringing our version of experiential learning (Expeditionary Learning) to New York City students through our network of public schools.
Mayor Bill de Blasio has named our board chair, Carl Weisbroad, to lead the City’s Planning Commission. Weisbrod’s public service includes spearheading efforts to transform Times Square in the 1990s and revitalizing Lower Manhattan after Sept. 11. As chairman of the City Planning Commission, Mr. Weisbrod will also serve as director of the City Planning Department, where he once served as executive director.
Several student musicians from our Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School (WHEELS) were featured in Jennifer Lopez’s new video, Same Girl, as part of their involvement in the Jazz at Lincoln Center Youth Orchestra.
WNYC’s SchoolBook reports on our connection to President Obama’s State of the Union address, in which senior Estiven Rodriguez of our Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School was recognized as an academic success story. The President also recognized our College March, which Estiven helped lead at his school, and which is an annual ritual at all of our network high schools.
