Editing Chelsea, Manhattan (section)

===Schools===
[[File:Textile High School W 18th St.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Bayard Rustin Educational Complex]] in 1931, when it was Textile High School]]
There are numerous public schools in Chelsea, including PS 11, also known as the William T. Harris School; PS 33, the Chelsea School; the O. Henry School (IS 70); Liberty High School For Newcomers; [[NYC Lab School|Lab School]]; the Museum School; and the [[Bayard Rustin Educational Complex]], which houses six small schools.

The [[Bayard Rustin Educational Complex]] was founded as Textile High School in 1930, later renamed to Straubenmuller Textile High School, then Charles Evans Hughes High School. In the 1990s, it was renamed the Bayard Rustin High School for the Humanities after [[civil rights]] activist [[Bayard Rustin]].<ref>{{cite news |title=F.Y.I. |first=Michael |last=Pollak |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/11/nyregion/fyi-148458.html |newspaper=New York Times |date=April 11, 2004 |access-date=October 7, 2009 |archive-date=November 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113100625/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/11/nyregion/fyi-148458.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The high school closed in 2012 after a grading scandal, but the building had already started being used as a "vertical campus" housing multiple small schools. [[Quest to Learn]], Hudson High School of Learning Technologies, Humanities Preparatory Academy, James Baldwin School, Landmark High School, and Manhattan Business Academy are the six constituent schools in the complex.

Private schools in the neighborhood include [[Avenues: The World School]], a K-12 school; and the Catholic [[Xavier High School (New York City)|Xavier High School]], a secondary school.

Chelsea is also home to the [[Fashion Institute of Technology]], a specialized [[State University of New York|SUNY]] unit established in 1944 that serves as a training ground for the city's fashion and design industries.<ref>[http://www.fitnyc.edu/about/history.php Our History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190908071348/http://www.fitnyc.edu/about/history.php |date=September 8, 2019 }}, [[Fashion Institute of Technology]]. Accessed October 2, 2019.</ref> The [[School of Visual Arts]], a for-profit [[art school]],<ref>[http://www.sva.edu/about/directions Directions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191003041612/http://www.sva.edu/about/directions |date=October 3, 2019 }}, [[School of Visual Arts]]. Accessed October 2, 2019.</ref> and the public [[High School of Fashion Industries]] also have a presence in the design fields.

The neighborhood is also home to the [[General Theological Seminary]] of the Episcopal Church, the oldest seminary in the [[Anglican Communion]].<ref>[http://gts.edu/our-history Our History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191004052235/http://gts.edu/our-history |date=October 4, 2019 }}, [[General Theological Seminary]]. Accessed October 2, 2019.</ref> The [[Center for Jewish History]], a consortium of several national research organizations, is a unified library, exhibition, conference, lecture, and performance venue, located on [[16th Street (Manhattan)|16th Street]] between [[Fifth Avenue|Fifth]] and [[Sixth Avenue (Manhattan)|Sixth]] Avenues.<ref>[https://www.cjh.org/about/about-the-center About the Center] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819161649/https://www.cjh.org/about/about-the-center |date=August 19, 2019 }}, [[Center for Jewish History]]. Accessed October 2, 2019. "The Center for Jewish History in New York City illuminates history, culture, and heritage. The Center provides a collaborative home for five partner organizations: American Jewish Historical Society, American Sephardi Federation, Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum, and YIVO Institute for Jewish Research."</ref>