A Conversation With Randy Asher, Principal of New York City's Brooklyn Technical High School. (October 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Asher, Randy J.
• Other Names: Almarode John guest-editor.; Subotnik Rena F. guest-editor.; Lee G. Maie guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Gifted child today. Volume 39:Number 4(2016:Oct.)
• Page Start: 205
• Page End: 208
• Publication Date: 2016-10
• Subjects: gifted education -- STEM -- curriculum; Gifted children -- Education -- Periodicals; Gifted children -- Periodicals; 371.95
• DOI: 10.1177/1076217516662961
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1076-2175

Abstract

This is a conversation with Randy Asher, principal of New York City's Brooklyn Technical High School. Brooklyn Tech is a selective science high school in New York City, founded in 1922 as a school for boys with potential for careers in engineering and applied science. Today, it provides full-time education for both male and female students from the New York metropolitan area. With enrollment of over 5, 500, it is the largest STEM school in the United States.