“The message to the kids in our school is that they are the architects of their own lives,” says Ian Rowe, co-founder of Vertex Partnership Academies.
In a recent episode of “American Thought Leaders,” host Jan Jekielek visited Vertex Partnership Academies, a new network of character-focused, International Baccalaureate high schools located in the Bronx. He spoke with one of Vertex’s founders, Ian Rowe, about the aims of the academies, the programs, and the vision going forward. Previously, Rowe was CEO of the Public Prep charter school network for 10 years.
Ian Rowe: We’re in District 12 in the Bronx, a district where only 7 percent graduate from high school ready for college. And so we thought it was very important to create a new educational institution focused on excellence for families who are desperate for their kids to have a shot at the American dream….