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Blue School

A New Education Story

Vicki Abeles | Posted 03.25.2013 | Politics
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Vicki Abeles

We live in a one-size-fits-all educational culture that evaluates the worth of students through their test scores, GPAs, and college acceptance letters. It is this dominant narrative, and the system it supports, that needs to change.

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Open House Do's and Don'ts

Sam Chaltain | Posted 03.18.2013 | Parents
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Sam Chaltain

It's that time of year again, when parents across the country -- but particularly parents in major American cities -- prepare to schedule a flurry of open houses in a frantic search for the best school for their child.

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Blue School Faces Student And Teacher Exodus As Parents Raise Concerns

Posted 06.13.2012 | Home
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The $32,000 per-year progressive school founded by the Blue Man Group has come under scrutiny by parents, who claim their kids are barely learning to ...

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For $28,500 A Year, Kids Can Go To The New Blue School

AP | By KAREN MATTHEWS | Posted 06.10.2011 | New York
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NEW YORK -- In the 20 years since they became a performance art sensation, the Blue Man Group has taken its men with blue heads on the road to stages ...

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Blue School Learns A Harsh Lesson

nytimes.com | JENNY ANDERSON | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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The founders of the Blue School aspired to create something different: a private school not fixated on the Ivy League prospects of preschoolers and de...

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