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Announcing Walkabout Education’s new Executive Director — Newsletter

Philadelphia, PA, Apr 15, 2024 - I am thrilled to introduce myself as the new Executive Director of Walkabout Education. As a Walkabout alum and an educator here in Philadelphia for the last two decades, I am deeply honored to take on this leadership role…

Students Can Now Apply to The Bronx’s Newest Public High School - Welcome2TheBronx

NEW YORK, NY Apr 22, 2020 - It’s been almost two years since Ben Wild approached me with this idea for bringing a new type of high school to our borough and although I’m not an educator, it was a no-brainer for me that we desperately needed such a school for our kids…

First new alternative school to open in seven years - Bronx Times

NEW YORK, NY Feb 2, 2020 - For the first time in seven years, a new district school in the borough was approved unanimously by New York’s Panel of Education Policy and is set to open in September…

For the first time in 7 years, the Bronx is getting a new district high school - Chalkbeat

NEW YORK, NY Jan 31, 2020 - Ben Wild spent much of high school bored or in trouble. “I had a really difficult time finding the stuff they were teaching me to be relevant and applicable to my life,” he said…

Reinventing the American High School - Harvard Graduate School of Education

CAMBRIDGE, MA, Jan. 11, 2016 - Skeptics and experts alike agree that one of the near impossible problems facing education is re-imagining what traditional high school looks like for today’s students…

Walkabout Alternative H.S. Program Comes to a Halt After 37 years - Lohud

YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, NY, May 30, 2014 – On Tuesday, the last class of Walkabout will hug one another for the last time, saying goodbye to a program they vow has changed their lives for the better…

Walkabout Alum Creates Foundation - Lohud

May 30, 2014 - Walkabout, the Putnam Northern Westchester BOCES alternative high school program, was in danger of being eliminated because of district budget cuts. Ben Wild, a Walkabout alumnus, stepped up to create the Walkabout Education Foundation.

Walkabout Foundation To Hold 5K Race In Yorktown - Dailyvoice Yorktown

YORKTOWN, NY, Aug. 27, 2013 - The Walkabout Education Foundation will hold a 5K "Runabout" race, picnic and fund-raiser at FDR State Park, Lot 4, in Yorktown Heights on Sept. 8 at 10:30 a.m…

Walkabout Alums Fundraising for the Alternative High School Program - Lohud

MOUNT KISCO, NY, Jun. 27, 2013 - Ken Conte flew to Westchester from Fort Collins, Colo., Thursday when he heard that his alma mater might vanish…

New Foundation Works to Stop Walkabout Closure - Patch

CHAPPAQUA-MOUNT KISCO, NY Jun. 27, 2013 - Faced with the prospect of the Walkabout alternative high school program being closed after more than three decades of operation, several alumni have banded together through a new foundation to save it…

Education Program Mixes ‘Life Skills’ with Academics - New York Times

Jun, 2, 1985 - DRESSED casually in blue jeans and T-shirt, 18-year-old Debbie Fitzgerald stands in front of the class,…