Viewpoints

When I worked on Rising Above the Gathering Storm which was an attempt by the National Science Foundation to bring about change in US policy to respond to a flattening world.  I'm in a talk now that is related Higher Ed/K-12 collaboration sponsored b...Read More

We're at Educon 24 here in Philadelphia at Chris Lehman's Science Leadership Academy.  It's been fun so far.  Went to an interesting talk on distributed leadership so far.   The reason that I went to the talk is because Ariel Sacks and I have been wo...Read More

We finally received our proposed placement this week from the NYC DOE.  We're planning on sharing space for the first 2 years in the new Sunset Park High School.  We're thrilled to be apart of the Sunset Park community and to have the opportunity to ...Read More

One of the 7 characteristics of a teacher that we look for is subject area expertise:   Let's say that means two things: The teacher has a more than basic knowledge of the subject.  That is, a math teacher who knows the quadr...Read More

James Bernard, one of our founding board members, and I recently spent the day in Albany to advocate for charter schools in New York State.  The political landscape has progressed mightily since I was involved in my first charter school 10 ye...Read More