Flying over 96th Street: Memoir of an East Harlem White Boy

Thomas L. Webberis the founder and Superintendent/Executive Director of Edwin Gould Academy, a coeducational, residential treatment school for adolescents in the foster care and juvenile justice systems. He is considered an expert on the needs of so-called troubled youth and on the future of education in inner cities. A graduate of Harvard College with a Ph.D. in education from Columbia University, Webber is the author ofDeep Like the Rivers,the acclaimed book on how African-Americans preserved and nurtured their values under slavery. Webber served for seven years as an elected member of Community School Board 4 in East Harlem, the neighborhood where he and his wife raised their family, the neighborhood they continue to call home.Webber, Thomas L. is the author of 'Flying over 96th Street: Memoir of an East Harlem White Boy', published 2007 under ISBN 9781416569657 and ISBN 1416569650.