A principal who came under fire for helping China clone America’s best STEM high school has a new job — and he’s trying to partner with the Chinese yet again.
During his time at the helm of Virginia’s Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Evan Glazer began the process of handing over the school’s curriculum, syllabi, and floor plans to China for replication after receiving several large donations from Chinese entities to a nonprofit linked to the school.
Glazer, who left the school in 2017, is now president of the Illinois Math and Science Academy (IMSA), a residential school in Aurora. Under Glazer’s leadership, the school has looked to develop research programs with the Thomas Schools, a group of China-based schools that were created with backing from Chinese Communist Party-linked entities. Emails obtained by Defending Education and shared with The…
