Advice from Vanguard High School
We visited Vanguard High school in New York City, which is home to 413 students. Vanguard opened in 1993 as part of the coalition of essential schools, which focuses on creating smaller more intimate learning environments. Vanguard is currently housed in the Julia Richmond Education Complex and shares the building with five other high schools. Unlike many of the public schools in New York City, Vanguard does performance-based assessments instead of standardized tests to measure what students have learned.
We interviewed Vanguard High School students Degora Anderson, Julissa Lopez, TJ Singletary, Katilin Nazario, Naquan Dodd and Declan Ryan and asked what education Advice they had for president Obama.
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“Not alot of schools accept the fact that students are gay”
Degora Anderson and Julissa Lopez are students at Vanguard High School in New York City.
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“Equitable national funding systems for schools”
Don Moore is Executive Director of Designs for Change, a 30-year-old, multi-racial, educational research and reform organization.
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“If education is the civil rights issue of the 21st century, than it should be treated as such”
Marlon Unas Esguerra is a Special Education teacher at New Design High School in New York City. He’s also a poet, writer and DJ.
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“Call upon people from all backgrounds”
Wendy Kopp is founder and president of Teach for America, the national teaching corps.
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“Try to broaden the public rationale for what education is for”
Mike Rose is an education scholar and is noted for his significant contribution to the study of literacy and for his insights into the struggles of working-class America. Currently, Rose is Professor of Social Research Methodology in the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies.
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“Maintain a strong system of accountability”
Bill Taylor is the chairman of the Citizens’ Commission on Civil Rights.
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