The Harlem Education History Project is a collaborative effort to document and share the history of learning and schooling in Harlem. This site is in development.
Featured Schools
Our work has developed through a focus on distinct schools in Harlem, each with their own stories to tell.
Wadleigh High School, Junior High School, and Secondary School
In the history of one building on 114th Street, each of Harlem’s many generations of schooling become visible.
The Modern School
An independent Black school in Harlem, from the 1930s to the 1990s.
Our Book
Our 2019 book,Educating Harlem: A Century of Schooling and Resistance in a Black Community (Columbia University Press, 2019) documents Harlem schools - and local teachers and parents’ efforts to make them what students deserved - across a hundred years. Explore a free digital edition of the book, with additional teaching and learning resources.
