When Margaret Phelan graduated from Parsons School of Design in 2008, she wasted no time making her mark on the art world. Armed with a BFA in Illustration, she worked as a prop builder for The Jim Henson Company, painted sets for Women’s Expressive Theater, and designed logos and branding for various companies in the Greater New York City area.

Now, she’s making the same impression on Success Academy Harlem 1, where she shares her knowledge of and passion for ceramics with young learners.

For her passion to harness each and every one of her students’ full potential, Amanda Levy ’11, a sixth grade history lead teacher at Success Academy Harlem East, was recently honored with a Teacher Excellence Award. Levy was chosen as one of just 24 teachers from nearly 1.000 to receive the award, which recognizes outstanding educators for their exceptional ability to raise student achievement and model best practices.

Eva Moskowitz, founder and CEO of Success Academy Charter Schools, talks with Bloomberg’s Olivia Sterns at the Allen & Company Conference in Sun Valley about the prospects for education reform and the 2016 presidential campaign.

Success Academy, a network of free public charter schools, welcomed Judit Polgar, the best woman chess player in history, in an effort to incorporate chess into the school curriculum. The grandmaster coached 40 students from Success Academy Charter Schools at the historic Marshall Chess Club, where chess champions like Brooklynite Bobby Fischer and Fabiano Caruana have played.

When a fire forced fifth grader Alex Seegars and his 90-year-old grandmother from their apartment in March, they lost their home and most of their possessions.

But one call to Matthew Seymour, the community relations manager at Success Academy Harlem East, started a wave of assistance and support that helped the family through a rough ordeal and allowed young Alex to continue his studies.

Eva Moskowitz, Success Academy CEO, released the following statement in response to the Panel for Educational Policy’s rejection of the co-location proposal for Success Academy Midwood last night.

She may have grown up in Texas, but Kelsey DePalo is right at home in Washington Heights where she is finishing her first year as principal of a new charter school.

DePalo led the Success Academy Washington Heights for its inaugural year with kindergarten and first grade classes.

“Eva Moskowitz, the founder of New York City’s largest chain of public charter schools, imported a Harlem classroom to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to demonstrate how she trains and coaches teachers at Success Academy schools,” writes Lyndsey Layton in this morning’s Washington Post.

Eva Moskowitz, the founder of New York City’s largest chain of public charter schools, imported a Harlem classroom to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to demonstrate how she trains and coaches teachers at Success Academy schools.

Yesterday I made the pilgrimage to the Cannon House Office Building to see something different: a group of students and teachers showing what learning looks like, instead of just talking about it. This is normal in places like Japan, as Elizabeth Green described in her book Building a Better Teacher, but it happens very rarely in the U.S.