INsideschools.org Moves To The New School's Center for New York City Affairs |
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NEW YORK, November 1, 2010—Insideschools.org, the independent guide to New York City public schools, is moving to the Center for New York City Affairs (CNYCA) at The New School, the university announced today. The move reunites the original staff of Insideschools.org, Clara Hemphill and Pamela Wheaton, who helped found the site in 2002. Building on Insideschools.org's status as New York City's leading independent, online public school guides, CNYCA seeks to broaden the site's already large network of parents, principals and young people who rely on Insideschools.org as an essential information source in a city where school choice is now a fundamental component of public education policy. Central to this effort will be making the site more accessible to parents with limited English literacy. “Since its founding, Insideschools.org has stood as a model for the highest quality service journalism and grassroots community education,” said Andrew White, Director, CNYCA. “With our shared commitment to driving real and effective policy reform and parent involvement in New York, CNYCA and The New School are an ideal home for Insideschools.org to fulfill its mission.” Insideschools.org was founded as a project of Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), a non-profit education advocacy organization focusing on the city's public schools. AFC launched the site in 2002 to provide an independent source of information on the public school system, with expert, qualitative reviews on every public and charter school. Since that time, project staff and volunteers have reviewed more than 1500 schools and provided information to nearly 900,000 visitors a year. “We are incredibly proud of what Insideschools.org has accomplished here at AFC,” said Kim Sweet, Executive Director, AFC. “We look forward to seeing the website thrive and grow in new and exciting ways, now that it will have a prominent research university behind it.” Clara Hemphill has been senior editor at the Center since 2008, editing policy reports on education, including one on Chancellor Joel Klein's small school initiative entitled “The New Marketplace” and one on the city's controversial accountability system entitled “Managing by the Numbers.” Pamela Wheaton has been project director of Insideschools.org since December 2006. The transfer from Advocates for Children to The New School was made possible by a generous grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. ### |
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