Two Success Academy Schools Win National Blue Ribbon Awards
Harlem and Bed-Stuy Schools, Both Serving Low-Income Students of Color, Selected for “Overall Academic Excellence”
PRESS RELEASES
Success Academy Posts 98% Pass Rate on State Math Tests and 91% on ELA — and Closes Racial And Economic Achievement Gaps
A Record Number of Teachers Achieve 100% Pass Rates in More Than 250 Classrooms
NYC Issues Defective Metrocards to Success Academy Students, Throwing Wednesday’s School Day Into Chaos
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.
Eva Moskowitz Urges Mayor to Save Diverse Middle School
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.
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams Meets with Families of Evicted Success Academy Students
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 File Lawsuit on Behalf of Children Who Suffered Excessive Delays and Denials of Special Education Services
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.
Success Academy Having Broad Impact on National Education Sector, as ‘Alums’ Spread Network’s Practices Across the Country
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.
200 Kids and Families From Across NYC Join Success Academy Summer Reading Kick-Off Celebration
“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.
Success Academy Shares Its Pathbreaking Literacy Curriculum and First E-Courses with Thousands of Educators
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
In Open Letter, Committee to Save SA Lafayette Middle School Demands Meeting with Chancellor Carranza About Revoking Their School and Need for Permanent Middle School
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.