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Teachers

The teachers at Urban are passionate about the subjects they teach. They care deeply about offering students opportunities to engage meaningfully with texts, with ideas, with research, and writing.

The teachers' success in reaching their students is obvious to anyone who visits the school and sees the abundance of green plants growing in the horticulture room, the proliferation of paintings and photographs on the walls, the collections of student writing on display, the impassioned discussions in the classes, and the sheer abundance of books everywhere.

The Urban Academy faculty gathered for a group portrait in their shared staff room, standing and sitting among desks piled with books, papers and potted plants, with student artwork covering the walls behind them

Teachers as Designers

Rather than the typical English 1 or Chemistry 2 classes, Urban teachers design courses with intriguing twists. Here's a few examples of the courses:

  • Applied Statistics (Math)
  • An American Tragedy (English)
  • Aztecs and Conquistadors (Social Studies)
  • Constitutional Law (Social Studies)
  • Evolutionary Simulations (Science)
  • Greek Heroes and Monsters (English)
  • Household Chemistry (Science)
  • Human Physiology (Science)
  • Looking for an Argument? (Social Studies)
  • Measuring Our World (Math: Geometry)
  • Poetry Workshop (English)
  • Political Philosophy (Social Studies)
  • Proofs and Games (Math)
  • What's the Story? (English)

Learn more about our classes, or see the sample course catalog.