Partners are an integral part of the Urban Assembly model. By engaging students in the real world beyond the classroom, they bring a school's theme and curriculum into sharp focus and reinforce in students' minds the connection between career and college that is a key predictor of success in college. The aspirations that partners inspire are a powerful incentive to academic achievement.

The Urban Assembly has organized strong institutional partnerships around each school's theme and identified expert advisers in government, education, and the corporate and nonprofit sectors who enrich students' academic experience. The caliber and range of our partners are unprecedented, and so is their engagement in the daily activities of our schools. In addition to influencing students' lives and futures, partners play an important role in designing a school and ensuring its long-term direction and sustainability.

Our more than 150 partners currently include:
Apollo Theater

Barnard College
Bronx Court Complex
Bronx Zoo

Brooklyn Academy of Music

Brooklyn Law School

Catalyst
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Children’s Pressline

Citizens Union

City Year

Con Edison

Fashion Institute of Technology
Federal Reserve Bank of New York

FEGS

Girls Inc.
Harlem Stage/Aaron Davis Hall
Heller Ehrman
Hip-Hop Theater Festival
Human Rights Watch
Kaye Scholer, LLP
Lehman Brothers

Marquis Studios
New York Cares

New York City Department of City Planning
New York City Department of Design & Construction
New York City Parks Department

New York City Police Department

New York Hall of Science
New York University Law School
News Corporation

Ogilvy North America

PACE University

Phipps CDC

Polytechnic University
Project REACH
Recycle a Bicycle
Red Hook Community Justice Center
Riverkeeper
Scholastic
Scratch DJ Academy
Siemens USA

Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP
Smith Barney
South Street Seaport Museum
Stern School of Business, New York University
TDX Construction
Thornton Tomasetti Group, Inc.
Time Warner
Tischman Construction

Vera Institute of Justice
Waterkeeper Alliance
Woodhull Hospital