Crystal Bonds is a veteran educator in New York City's public schools. Give me a little more.

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Experience

2020 - Current: Owner of Changing Norms, LLC

2011 - Present: Principal of The High School for Math, Science and Engineering (HSMSE) at The

                         City College of New York. 

2004 - 2011: Assistant Principle at  Brooklyn Technical High School.

2017-2019: Master Ambassador Principal (MAP). The program was designed for strong school leaders to take on said assignment for a one-year period, sufficient to allow for a sustainable, dramatic improvement in the quality of instruction and administration at the school.

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Background

Born and raised in New York, Crystal earned her undergraduate degree in business marketing from the State University of New York at New Paltz and had worked in the corporate world for several years, prior to becoming an educator.  She received a master’s degree in education and another in school administration and supervision.  Currently, her doctoral research focuses on the potential benefits for students, whose high schools are on college campuses and the social network theory.  Her prior research focused on expanding and retaining the participation of African-American and Latino students in gifted programs.

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Currently, her doctoral research focuses on the potential benefits for students, whose high schools are on college campuses and the social network theory.  Her prior research focused on expanding and retaining the participation of African-American and Latino students in gifted programs. 

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