Article by Mel Ulle
There is a place where middle school girls can run, scream, dance and crab-walk through the hallways between classes. A place where math is taught in action with things like the “fraction dance” and where girls are encouraged to be bold, honest and authentic. It’s kind of the opposite of the middle school experience that most people endured and barely survived.
My history with GALS (Girls Athletic Leadership Schools), is long. I was a founding board member, so I am more than a bit biased toward the pedagogy, curriculum, vision, mission. What enticed me to hop on board at the time when we didn’t know 1) what the school would be, 2) where the school would be, 3) who it would serve…with so many unknowns the one sure bet were the founders, Liz Wolfson and Nina Safane.
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