The National Academy Foundation Partnership, working upon the work of the NAF prepares curricula of this nature on an on-going basis.
Students complete a major project demonstrating their mastery of the material.
Norman Thomas, Frederick Douglas, South Shore, Evander Childs, Mary Bergtraum, and Richmond Hill. The curricula stress experiential learning and the development of employability skills. A key issue examined in the curriculum development is the optimal mix of infused curricula and stand alone instruction. To date, over forty NYC teachers have established a student-run greeting card business in elementary and middle school classrooms in East Harlem, the South Bronx, the Lower East Side of Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens. Original greeting cards are created, printed and packaged by the students in the production department, and advertised and sold by the sales department.