Harbor School opens on Governors Island 

This week, the Urban Assembly New York Harbor School held their first day of class on their new campus. Seven years ago, I joined the founding staff of the Harbor School, along with six other teachers, our founder Murray Fisher, our principal Nate Dudley, an assistant principal, a guidance counselor, and a few support staff [...]

High Schools as Launchpads? 

In the New York Times today, the founder and former president of my organization made a bold call for redefining the success metric of high schools. No longer is it enough just to graduate students, or even prepare them for college. Schools must now show how they increase both college enrollment and the number of [...]