ABOUT US 

In December 2009, a small group of dedicated New York City educators began imagining the kind of school they thought would meet the diverse and personal needs of NYC students. During those thought sessions, a school environment emerged: one where students would receive an education personalized to them, where project- and inquiry-based learning would entice students into meta-cognitive studies, where teachers would deeply know their students, and one where time was flexible and expectations high. In early 2010, the group learned about Kunskapsskolan’s KED program, which turned out to have a ten-year track record of coherently educating students in just the way they’d imagined! From the original group, one educator became the lead applicant for Innovate, one the master teacher in charge of the English Language Arts curriculum, and the third joined Kunskapsskolan USA.