Bard High School Early College Manhattan

525 East Houston Street | also 123 Mangin Street | Lower East Side | built 1915

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  1. 2001

    Bard High School Early College opens as the first public Bard early college school

    Bard High School Early College Manhattan was founded in 2001 as a partnership between Bard College and the New York City Department of Education, with part of its money coming from the Gates Foundation. Students finish high school requirements in ninth and tenth grade, then take college courses and earn an associate degree alongside the diploma. It was the first public Bard early college, and the model has since spread to other cities.

    “Founded in 2001 as a partnership of the New York City Department of Education and Bard College ... Bard High School Early College Manhattan was the first public Bard Early College…”

    Source: Wikipedia

  2. 2019

    November 19

    Chalkbeat reports on who gets into Bard's selective Manhattan school as Bard seeks a Bronx campus

    In November 2019 Chalkbeat reported that Bard had applied to open a Bronx campus. Its Manhattan and Queens schools required a GPA of at least 85, at most 10 unexcused absences or late arrivals, an interview and separate math and writing assessments. Preliminary figures showed 38% of Manhattan students were white, against 15% citywide, and just over 32% were Black or Hispanic, against about 67% citywide. Bard officials said the screening was needed for students to finish an associate degree in four years.

    Source: chalkbeat.org

  3. 2026

    Bard Early College plans a 25th-anniversary year for the school that opened in 2001

    Bard Early College plans to mark its 25th anniversary during the 2026-27 school year, a quarter century after Bard High School Early College opened in New York City in 2001. Bard's network page lists the Manhattan campus, founded in 2001, as having 637 students and the city's Department of Education as its local partner, within a network of ten early colleges serving 4,000 students a year.

    Source: bard.edu

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