Home Free: Creating a Homeplace for Students - MELS dean of culture, Shatera Weaver, created an affinity group as “small private reality where Black [students] can renew their spirits and recover themselves.” EL Education 2021.0222
Principal Jesse Peralta honored for stepping in when Brooklyn Democracy Academy lost their leader to COVID - Chalkbeat 2021.0312
Metropolitan Diploma Plus alumna in the spotlight for success in the tiling trade - CNBC 2021.0301
The Reparative Power of Relationships - Edutopia 2/27/21 - celebrates the student-focused work at Fannie Lou Hamer, Bronx Lab, Satellite Schomburg
Jose Rivera, Restorative Practice Coordinator and a PE Teacher at Brooklyn Collaborative, honored as a leader who is "making waves" in education - EL Educator 2/11/21
Making Advisory Work in Distance Learning - Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School featured in Edutopia 2/9/2021
What Happens When You are Authentic with Your Students: A Conversation with Tessa Benau - Vanguard High School, featured in the Children Arts Guild podcast
Pandemic's toll on NYC schools serving new immigrants featuring Pan American High School, Chalkbeat 12/17/20
Channel View School for Research - Annual NYC Outward Bound College March 12/11/20
Research & Service Principal Farrington on mental wellness during a pandemic - Change the Channel 12/12/2020
Fannie Lou Hamer HS on real world learning in the time of Covid - Big Picture Leadership Conference 12/8/2020
Virtual Thanksgiving at Brooklyn International High School - Chalkbeat 11/25/2020
Bronx students create plan for Kingsbridge Armory revitalization - E.L.L.I.S Prep - Bronx Times 10/7/2020
Taking a city program and turning it into a lifeline for generations to come - LYFE - Daily News 10/29/2019
Pathways to Graduation - P2G Queens - The Wave 12/6/2018
How running a school on Rikers Island shaped the superintendent of District 79 - Chalkbeat 3/9/2017
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District 79
Alternative Schools & Programs
Superintendent Robert Zweig
28 program / school leaders
serving 300+ sites
Citywide Transfer Schools
Superintendent Paul Rotondo
42 schools for students behind in credits
and at risk of drop-out
Partnership Schools
Superintendent Alan Cheng
48 schools
partnering with
Consortium, Internationals and NYC Outward Bound
serving a diverse portfolio of students