Experience

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  The Equity Project Charter School

  • New York, NY

  • Principal and Founder

    • Jan 2008 - Jun 2021
    • New York, NY

    The Equity Project (TEP) Charter School opened in September 2009 in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City. Originally a 5th through 8th grade middle school, TEP now serves 1080 students in Kindergarten through 8th grade. TEP's mission is to achieve educational equity for disadvantaged students by utilizing master teachers to provide rigorous academics, arts, and athletics instruction. TEP reallocates the public funding it receives as a charter school to pay its teachers an annual salary of $125,000, with the opportunity for a significant performance bonus based on whole-school performance.As reported in the Wall Street Journal, a rigorous long-term study by Mathematica (released in October 2014) found that TEP produced major achievement impacts, including test score gains equal to an additional 1.6 years of school in math, with significant gains in English and science.

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  Manhattan GMAT (Now Manhattan Prep)

  • Greater New York City Area

  • CEO and Founder

    • 2001 - 2008
    • Greater New York City Area

    *Founded and led educational services company; ultimately purchased by Kaplan, Inc.*Developed market leader in GMAT preparation, with centers across the United States.*Company clients included Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and McKinsey and Co.*Authored and published Exam Strategy Books; over 50,000 copies sold in 2006.

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  I.S. 90

  • New York, NY

  • Teacher

    • 1998 - 2001
    • New York, NY