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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“The schools that do have problems should be turned into buildings with smaller schools.”
Ashwini Hicks is a senior at Vanguard High School in New York City.
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“You want us to come to school? Have something for us when we get here”
Eric Caldwell is an 11th grader from New York City.
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“Distribute money evenly”
Ahmed Hunt is from the Bronx and is a student at Validus Preparatory Academy.
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“Schools are not getting the money they need”
Sarah Boyd is a junior drama major attending Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts located in New York City.
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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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“Seriously consider how to better urban school reform”
Warren Simmons is the Executive Director of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. Prior to joining the Institute in 1998, Dr. Simmons headed the Philadelphia Education Fund.
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“A real holistic accountability system for schools”
Dr. Scott Conti is the principal of New Design High School in New York City.
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“Work on the younger people because that’s the next generation”
Kaylin Nazario and TJ Singletary are students at Vanguard High School in New York City.
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“Support the reduction of class sizes”
Esther Wojcicki has been teaching Journalism and English at Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, California for the past 25 years, where she has been the driving force behind the development of its award-winning journalism program.
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