An essential characteristic of LREI’s strength as an educational community comes from respect for our similarities and our differences in thought, expression, temperament, talent, interests, and abilities, as well as our personal and innate characteristics. These are assets that we continue to guard and enhance.
Facing Whiteness in Our Schools
On Tuesday, September 13th, LREI Director Phil Kassen appeared as a guest on The Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC 93.9 FM and AIM 820. from WNYC: Several New York City private schools have attempted to address issues of race, class, and privilege as part of their students’...
2016 Global Cardboard Challenge
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The Power of Conversation: On the Diversity Director and Head Partnership
Originally published in the Summer 2014 issue of Independent School Magazine. by Sandra (Chap) Chapman, with Phil Kassen Since the late 1920s, diversity initiatives at the Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High School (LREI) in New York City have centered on...