Larry Rosenstock
Ashoka Fellow since 2002   |   United States

Larry Rosenstock

High Tech High
Larry Rosenstock is promoting a new form of urban education that fuses traditional liberal arts curricula with innovative, hands-on learning projects for all students–regardless of the socioeconomic…
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This description of Larry Rosenstock's work was prepared when Larry Rosenstock was elected to the Ashoka Fellowship in 2002.

Introduction

Larry Rosenstock is promoting a new form of urban education that fuses traditional liberal arts curricula with innovative, hands-on learning projects for all students–regardless of the socioeconomic status and educational background of their parents.

The New Idea

Larry aims to show that High Tech High (HTH) can answer the problem that has plagued U.S. public education for more than a century–the misfit between vocational education and chances for real success among disadvantaged students. His HTH eliminates traditional boundaries between "Read more

The Problem

Urban high schools in the United States are failing to educate their students. This failure is most pronounced for African-American and Latino students. In a recent assessment of national education progress (NAEP), 74 percent of 12th grade white students scored at or above the "basic" level, andRead more

The Strategy

High Tech High currently enrolls 300 students and will grow to 400 next year. A middle school for grades six to eight opened in 2003. Replication of the HTH model is underway. By this fall, five new schools will open in New Bedford, Massachusetts; Los Angeles, California; Oakland, California; andRead more

The Person

A carpentry teacher by vocation and a lawyer by training, Larry Rosenstock is driven by two passions: burning desire to leverage his intellectual and technical skills as a lawyer to change the U.S.'s severely broken educational system; and the goal of pursuing his love of working with his handsRead more

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