The New York City Department of Education today informed Success Academy Charter Schools that an unknown number of MetroCards issued to students across the 47-school network are defective. As of late afternoon, the DOE could not determine the exact number of schools and students affected, but least 10 schools and hundreds of scholars were known to be impacted.
Success Academy founder and CEO Eva Moskowitz sent Mayor Bill de Blasio a letter today that calls on him to immediately step in and save SA Lafayette Middle School in Brooklyn, which is being blocked from opening by the Department of Education.
After Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Carranza Snub Parents’ Push to Keep Space for Diverse Middle School, Borough President Urges to Take “Unique Approach” to Allow School to Open
Success Academy parents are seeking a jury trial and a court order instructing CSE 1 to cease its pattern of discrimination and comply with all applicable laws when carrying out the special education process for SA scholars.
Today, the Kentucky Department of Education announced the appointment of Deanna Durrett to the position of General Counsel of Kentucky’s state education department. With this appointment, Durrett becomes part of a diaspora of former Success educators who have taken the training, expertise, and commitment to excellence they’ve gained at New York’s top-performing public school network to implement in district and charter schools across the country.
“Read-a-Palooza” was “one big circus of literature,” inspiring young readers with a visit by bestselling children’s author Kwame Alexander, popcorn, sparkly hats, and newly-minted public library patrons.
The new release makes SA’s complete K-8 literacy program — which has led to exceptional reading achievement for kids — available for free to educators
The Committee to Save SA Lafayette Middle School, a group comprised of parents and educators whose children were evicted by City Hall from Success Academy Lafayette Middle School in Building K025, today demanded a meeting with Chancellor Richard Carranza. In a letter to Chancellor Carranza, parents decried his response to their concerns during a Town Hall meeting on Wednesday.
Success Academy founder and CEO Eva Moskowitz released a statement today regarding Chancellor Richard A. Carranza’s recent proposal for the Success Academy Lafayette Middle School community.
On Tuesday morning, Success Academy founder and CEO Eva Moskowitz and dozens of public charter school families called on Mayor de Blasio to drop his threat to block Success Academy fifth-graders from the Bed-Stuy classrooms they are counting on for the start of school.
