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Avenues: The World School is a planned international system of for-profit private schools for pre-K-12th grades.〔Hechinger, John and Staley, Oliver. ("Whittle Taps Exeter, Dalton Veterans to Start New York School" ) ''Bloomberg News'' (January 31, 2011)〕〔Banjo, Shelley. ("Whittle Starts A City School" ) ''Wall Street Journal'' (January 31, 2011)〕 The first campus opened in September 2012 in the New York City neighborhood of Chelsea. Avenues plans to open 20 or more campuses in other cities around the world over the next decade.〔()〕 The system is planned to be an integrated "learning community" with a shared vision, curriculum, technology, professional development of faculty and oversight by a centralized headquarters team. Avenues is organized in four "schools" or divisions: the Early Learning Center (nursery school and pre-kindergarten), Lower School (kindergarten through grade four), Middle School (grades five through eight) and Upper School (grades nine through 12). Tuition at the schools will cost nearly $41,650 annually per student. Originally the tuition was supposed to be $40,000 per year but, citing a recession, Avenues will start charging $41,650 a year starting September 2013.〔 ==Leadership team== Avenues' Senior Advisor and Co-Founder is Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.,〔("Benno Schmidt" ) on the Avenues website〕 formerly president of Yale University and dean of Columbia Law School. Schmidt co-founded Edison Schools, now EdisonLearning in 1992, and he currently serves as chairman of the board for the City University of New York. The system's second Co-Founder is Chris Whittle,〔("Chris Whittle" ) on the Avenues website〕 a media and education entrepreneur. Whittle founded Edison Schools with Schmidt in 1992, and before that built a single college magazine into one of America's top 100 media companies in the 1980s. The company's President, Americas & EMEA and final Co-Founder is Alan Greenberg,〔("Alan Greenberg" ) on the Avenues website〕 a businessman with a background in interactive and traditional media in the education, healthcare and global travel sectors. He founded Greenberg News Networks, which was subsequently purchased by WebMD. Jeff Clark, an experienced education senior executive, joined Avenues in November 2013 as President and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to Avenues, Clark served as president and CEO of National Heritage Academies (NHA), one of the nation’s largest education management organizations. Lloyd Nathan serves as the Executive Vice Chairman of the Board of Avenues World Holdings LLC. A global executive with a development, operations and legal background, Nathan's previous positions include CEO of Asian Coast Development Ltd, (2010-2013) and President of Global Gaming Development at MGM Resorts International (2002 - 2010). Tyler Tingley〔("Tyler Tingley" ) on the Avenues website〕 is Chief Academic Officer and Robert "Skip" Mattoon is the head of Avenues' New York City school. Prior to Avenues, Tingley headed Phillips Exeter Academy for 12 years, and before that, The Blake School in Minneapolis. Prior to Avenues, Mattoon headed the Hotchkiss School for 11 years and earlier served as dean of faculty and associate headmaster at Deerfield Academy. Gardner Dunnan, Avenues' academic dean and head of Upper School, headed the Dalton School for 23 years. Most recently, he led the development of The School at Columbia University, a K-8 school for children of Columbia faculty and the Columbia neighborhood. Nancy Schulman, who was the director of the 92nd Street Y Nursery School for two decades, heads the Early Learning Center; Elizabeth "Libby" Hixson, who served the Dalton School for 17 years, most recently as head of the Middle School, heads the Middle School; and Abby Brody heads the Lower School. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Avenues: The World School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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