Lang School
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The Lang School | |
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Address | |
26 Broadway, Suite 900 New York , New York 10004 United States | |
Coordinates | 40°42′54″N 74°00′22″W / 40.7149°N 74.0061°W |
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Established | September 2010 |
Grades | K-12 |
Average class size | 12 |
Student to teacher ratio | 12:2 |
The Lang School is a private, nonprofit, K-12 school marketing itself as serving the needs of twice exceptional (2e) students located in New York City's Financial District.[1] It was the first K-12 school to specialize in educating twice-exceptional (2e) students, though it later came to include (and currently does accept) a wider range of gifted students.[citation needed]
Students
Twice exceptional students are identified as being gifted/talented ("G&T") and diagnosed with specific learning challenges, such as ADHD, dyslexia and other language-based learning disabilities, anxiety, high functioning autism, social communication disorder, or sensory processing challenges.[2] These students are often unable to master curriculum to their potential in a traditional classroom; they are often labelled "lazy" and misunderstood by teachers, administrators, and peers.[3]
History
The Lang School grew out of founder Micaela Bracamonte's dissatisfaction with the efficacy of NYC special education, gifted education, and public ICT programs in educating her two 2e sons, one of whom was already enrolled in a citywide gifted program with special education supports.[4] It opened in September 2010 with two classes totaling 13 students.[5][6] By its eighth year (2017), the school had five classes containing approximately 50 gifted and twice-exceptional students.[citation needed]
Name
The Lang School is named after Cyril Lang, the founder's
References
- ^ "Tribeca Citizen | NKOTB: The Lang School and the Quad Manhattan". Tribeca Citizen. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
- ^ "Home | The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (1990-2013)". www.gifted.uconn.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
- ^ "Gifted Children with Learning Disabilities: A Review of the Issues | LD Topics | LD OnLine". www.ldonline.org. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
- ^ "New TriBeCa School Serves Gifted Children with Learning Disabilities - DNAinfo.com". Archived from the original on 2010-12-10. Retrieved 2010-11-07.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-06-25. Retrieved 2010-11-07.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Nikki Dowling, No bullying, support for a new kind of school, Downtown Express ("The Newspaper of Lower Manhattan"), Volume 23, Number 6, June 18–24, 2010
- ^ Time Magazine, Dec.15 1980