Deconstructing Student Re-engagement
Jai Nanda is the founder and Executive Director of Urban Dove and the founder of its partner school - Urban Dove Team Charter School (UD Team) in Brooklyn, NY. Jai was a panelist for a module on School Models that was part of the 2015-16 New York Cohort for the Revive The Dream Fellow’s program in educational reform. (They are currently accepting applications for the 2016 NYC Cohort through July 1st). The Urban Dove Team Charter School (UD Team) is a transfer high school for under-credited 9th and 10th graders. The NYC Department of Education website describes Transfer Schools (as) are small, academically rigorous, full-time high schools designed to re-engage students who have dropped out or who have fallen behind in credits. Students are between 15-21 years of age and have completed at least one year of high school.