EditorialFrom left, Chris Whittle, Benno Schmidt Jr. and Alan Greenberg, executives of Avenues, a planned private school, in New York, on June 14, 2011. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialFrom left, Chris Whittle, Benno Schmidt Jr. and Alan Greenberg, executives of Avenues, a planned private school, in New York, on June 14, 2011. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)