A Way Out of No Way: Harlem Prep: Transforming Dropouts into Scholars, 1967–1977 - Brossura

Ahdieh, Dr. Hussein; Chapman, Hillary

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ISBN 13: 9798985833461

Casa editrice: The Globe Press, 2023

Riassunto

From its founding in 1967, the Harlem Preparatory School attracted the attention of educators in New York City and elsewhere for its innovative educational philosophy and process. Harlem Prep was guided by progressive education principles that promoted individual responsibility and dignity, and community engagement This book recounts the story of Harlem Prep as an independent charter school—as told by its former assistant headmaster, Hussein Ahdieh.

Hussein Ahdieh moved to the United States as a teenager to pursue a Masters in European Intellectual History from Rutgers University and a Ph.D. in Education from the University of Massachusetts He helped to establish the world-renowned Harlem Preparatory School in New York City and was the Director of Higher Educational Programs at Fordham University.

Hillary Chapman earned a B.S. in History from Haverford College and an M.S. in Education from the University of Pennsylvania. He has taught at the Chapin School in New York City and Sidwell Friends in Washington, D.C., and is a Nashville-based songwriter and a published poet.

Dr. Ahdieh and Mr. Chapman are co-authors of Awakening: A History of the Baha’i and Babi Faiths in Nayriz, ‘Abdu’l Baha in New York, The Calling: Tahirih of Persia and her American Contemporaries, and Foreigner: From an Iranian Village to New York City and the Lights that Led the Way.

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Hussein Ahdieh moved to the United States as a teenager to pursue a Masters in European Intellectual History from Rutgers University and a Ph.D. in Education from the University of Massachusetts He helped to establish the world-renowned Harlem Preparatory School in New York City and was the Director of Higher Educational Programs at Fordham University.

Hillary Chapman earned a B.S. in History from Haverford College and an M.S. in Education from the University of Pennsylvania. He has taught at the Chapin School in New York City and Sidwell Friends in Washington, D.C., and is a Nashville-based songwriter and a published poet.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: The Globe Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2023
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 13: 9798985833461
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 146
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile