Gift will support opening of three new public middle schools and sustain growth of others, providing greater access to high-quality educational opportunities for thousands of students from disadvantaged communities.
In response to Mayor de Blasio’s lack of action, 75 Success Academy parents rallied on the steps of City Hall this morning to demand that the mayor deliver on his frequent—but unfulfilled—promise to bring equity and excellence to education.
Educators from California, Connecticut, DC, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Texas, Tennessee and Wisconsin convened yesterday for a deep dive on middle school literacy at the Robertson Center at Success Academy, a new accelerator for advancing the work of teachers and administrators across the country.
Harlem and Bed-Stuy Schools, Both Serving Low-Income Students of Color, Selected for “Overall Academic Excellence”
A Record Number of Teachers Achieve 100% Pass Rates in More Than 250 Classrooms
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.
