NYC schools that skip standardized tests have higher graduation rates

• Gail Robinson, Hechinger Report, October 2015

The Test, by Anya Kamenetz 

• Dana Goldstein, Sunday Book Review, New York Times, February 2015

25 Typed Pages: How One School and One Teacher Changed My Life

• Elizabeth Regen, Feminine Collective, February 2015

At a Few City Schools, an Old Course Speaks to New Standards

• Emma Sokoloff-Rubin, Chalkbeat, New York,  April 2014 

Alternative High: Raising the Bar on Public Education

• Eleanor J. Bader, Truthout, July 2014

Regents Asked To Exempt More Schools

• Lisa Fleisher, The Wall Street Journal, August 2012

Report From Lockdown High: Fear Vs. Facts On School Safety

•  Annette Fuentes, City Limits, March 2011

A Student's Experience at Urban Academy

• American Youth Policy Forum, June 2010

Inquiry-Based Teaching: Discussing Fiction Texts

• TeachingChannel.org

Be Sure to Read the Handwriting on the Wall

• Randy Kennedy, NewYork Times, November 2005

Forging Habits of Inquiry at Urban Academy

• What Kids Can Do, March 2003

Testing Is Anything But Standard at the Urban Academy

• Roberta Furger, Edutopia, February 2002