Furman Brown

Overview

Furman first conceived of launching a new type of urban public school nearly fifteen years ago as a first year teacher in the charter corps of Teach for America in South Central L.A. Subsequently he joined the staff of a startup school in Bedford Stuyvesant Brooklyn where he began to explore alternative scheduling and space planning. He has consulted for many years with conventional and charter public schools helping them to redesign their schedules and educational programs integrate technology and re allocate resources to maximize student achievement. Furman worked for over ten years on the development of the Generation Schools model and for three years on its evaluation during which time the model and its articulation have benefited from countless rounds of feedback and advice of experts from a variety of disciplines from both the for profit and non profit worlds.More information on the Echoing Green website click here to read more. Furman earned a Bachelor s degree from the University of Denver.