East Harlem Charter High School Principal Identifies With
Students  By Jeff Mays on December 12, 2011 9:23am | Updated on
December 12, 2011 9:39am  Nicholas Tishuk, principal and co-
founder of East Harlem's Renaissance Charter High School for
Innovation, the area's first charter high school. View Full
Caption DNAinfo/Jeff Mays  HARLEM—Nicholas Tishuk, principal and
co-founder of East Harlem's Renaissance Charter High School for
Innovation, knows that his students think he thinks about
education all the time.  That's because it's true.  "I'm a
militant for good education," said Tishuk who opened East
Harlem's first charter high school with his wife and co-founder,
Rita, in 2010.  "If you look at a playground full of kids and
say only 40 percent will graduate yet expect us to compete in
the global market, it's not going to happen," said Tishuk.  "We
have a huge crisis in this country when it comes to educating
our kids. You can't throw away a good chunk of the population."
The school doubled it size as it ente