Bio
LaGuardia High School is a premiere art school and science was a hard sell. In 2007, when Neal Singh joined the faculty, LaGuardia offered only one section of AP Environmental Science. Mr. Singh completely redesigned the curriculum. Outside speakers are a regular fixture in his classes, with appearances by conservationists, environmental lawyers, filmmakers, and nutritionists. Emphasis is placed on the relevance of science to issues of social justice like pollution and access to water. Mr. Singh’s methods have been nothing less than miraculous. Five years later, there are now six sections of AP Environmental Science with a waitlist to get in that is 200 students long. Says his assistant principal, “Neal is the epitome of what every science educator should be.”
