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The New York City Lab School for Collaborative Studies
New York, NY
School Type: Public
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School Setting: Urban
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Level: 7-12
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School Design: Alternative
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Content Presented By:
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The Education Alliance at Brown University
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Background Context
Demographics
The New York City Lab School for Collaborative Studies is a public school for students in grades 6 - 12.
- Enrollment: 740
- Staff: 42
- Admissions: screened, but with a special education inclusion program
- Graduation rate: 100%
- Ethnicity: 50% white, 13% African American, 11% Latino, 26% Asian American
- Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch: 12%
Background
Founded in 1987 as a small middle school using collaborative learning strategies, the New York City Lab School for Collaborative Studies was experiencing growing pains as it transformed into a larger middle and high school. Without a system in place for faculty and students to communicate about their values and expectations, the school lacked a clear vision and no longer provided the social and emotional support that its students needed. Concerned about these changes, the school’s co-directors, Sheila Breslaw and Rob Menken, enlisted the help of outside facilitators in a long-term project to create a “culture of excellence” at the school—a culture founded on staff, student, and parent collaboration to foster personalized teaching.
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