By Daniel Edward Rosen 8/29/12 7:50pm

Horace Mann

Former Poly Prep Football Coach Phil Foglietta

Federal Judge’s Ruling on Poly Prep Sex Abuse Case Buoys Horace Mann’s Accusers

Federal District Court judge Frederic Block ruled in a Brooklyn court Tuesday that private school Poly Prep could not use New York State’s statue of limitations to thwart a lawsuit levied by its former students who allege that a popular football coach had molested them.

The decision comes amid rumblings that a group of former Horace Mann students, who have accused the Bronx private school’s faculty of sexual abuse during the 1970s and 80s, had hired attorney Gloria Allred to pursue legal action against the school. Read More

By Elise Knutsen 11/08/11 8:55am

Power Lists

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DEERFIELD ACADEMY: Philip Greer

The Elite of the Elite: 2011 Private School Power Players

For most Americans, Thanksgiving is a time of pleasure and company, tables heaping with food and surrounded by families and friends. But for a select few, this time of year brings on a feeling of envy and dread: You only get one chance to provide your children with entrée into elite society—and we’re not talking about dark meat. That’s right, frenzied mothers and fathers throughout Manhattan are working around the clock to finish their kids’ applications to top private schools. This is not child’s play. Read More

By Suzy Hansen 6/05/06 12:00am

Horace Mann Satirized— A Feeble Tract, Alas, and Stale

Many New York City private-school kids went to the same second-tier Ivy, the University of Pennsylvania, as I did. They were a strange breed; as early as freshman year, even the unattractive and the boring carried themselves with a breezy sense of self-entitlement and contempt for others. They joined all the “good” fraternities; dated girls Read More

By Suzy Hansen 6/05/06 12:00am

Horace Mann Satirized- A Feeble Tract, Alas, and Stale

Many New York City private-school kids went to the same second-tier Ivy, the University of Pennsylvania, as I did. They were a strange breed; as early as freshman year, even the unattractive and the boring carried themselves with a breezy sense of self-entitlement and contempt for others. They joined all the “good” fraternities; dated girls Read More