Profile Rises at School Where Going Against the Grain is the Norm

In 2007, Winnie Hu profiled Village School for the NY Times Education section:

GREAT NECK, N.Y. — A high school social studies class was studying the federal government’s response to Hurricane Katrina on a recent afternoon, without any readings, lessons or even desks. Only one student was taking notes. Where was the teacher? He was the one in the Hawaiian shirt, sitting cross-legged in a chair, on a first-name basis with students. READ MORE