El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice

El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice is a public high school in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City.[1][2] In 1998 it had a mostly Hispanic student body.[2] As of 2012 Wanda Vazquez is the principal.[3]

History

The school was established as a partnership between the El Puente Leaders for Peace & Justice organization and the New York City Board of Education (now the New York City Department of Education) in 1993. The El Puente organization was the first organization authorized by the NYC board of education to own its own public school building.[4]

Criticism

In 1998, Heather Mac Donald of the City Journal, a publication of the Manhattan Institute think tank, criticized the school's culture and specifically its hip-hop class.[2]

In popular culture

In the 2010 movie It's Kind of a Funny Story, the El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice is lauded as a magnet school for Do-Gooders.

References

  1. ↑ "Location & Hours." El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice, El Puente Leaders for Peace & Justice. Retrieved on March 17, 2012. "El Puente for Peace & Justice Academy 250 Hooper Street Brooklyn, NY 11211"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mac Donald, Heather. "An F for Hip-Hop 101." City Journal. (Northern Hemisphere) Summer 1998. Retrieved on March 17, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Welcome." El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice, New York City Department of Education. Retrieved on March 17, 2012.
  4. ↑ "EL PUENTE ACADEMY FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE." El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice, El Puente Leaders for Peace & Justice. Retrieved on March 17, 2012.

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Coordinates: 40°42′39.34″N 73°57′34.8″W / 40.7109278°N 73.959667°W