At 2:44 this afternoon, around 363 first- through fourth-grade scholars at Success Academy Bensonhurst will don safety glasses, gaze up at the sky, and witness a phenomenon that has not been seen in 38 years: a total solar eclipse in the continental U.S.
Two months after launching the Success Academy Education Institute, an online platform that makes available for free the curriculum, tools, and training that are the foundation of Success Academy’s school design, over 10.000 visitors have explored the site, more than one third via a mobile device.
School has started for Success Academy families, and many of them may think they’ve won the lottery, for a second time. For the first time in 11 years, Success parents have not had to wait weeks — and be forced to spend thousands of dollars out of pocket — while the city takes its time to deliver MetroCards to charter students.
After more than a decade of reimagining every aspect of public education and successfully scaling its innovative school design across more than 40 campuses, Success Academy formally launched free, open-source access to “THINK Literacy,” Success Academy’s highly effective curriculum for elementary schools.
NY Appellate Division overturns previous ruling, requires de Blasio administration to reimburse Success Academy and upholds charters autonomy from DOE.
After decades of vacancy, the iconic courthouse will become the educational home for hundreds of Bronx students receiving free, world-class preparation for college
“This budget includes significant gains for public charter school children, but it also perpetuates fundamental inequities. Previously, state law increased charter funding at the same rate as district funding. Now, the Assembly has manipulated the funding formula to deprive charters of Mayor de Blasio’s 9,4% spending increase in 2015-16. Although Governor Cuomo and the State Senate fought hard to appropriate supplemental funding and diminish the damage, charter school children will still be shortchanged.”
More than 17.000 children were entered into yesterday’s admissions lottery for 3.017 available seats at Success Academy in 2017-18
On Friday morning, nearly 4.000 Success Academy scholars came together at the historic Radio City Music Hall to hold one of the largest academic pep rallies in the country ahead of state exams.
This weekend, 151 scholars representing 15 Success Academy schools traveled to Saratoga Springs, N.Y. to compete in the 50th Annual New York State Scholastic Chess Championships. Out of 1.200 students who competed from across the state of New York, Success scholars made up 13% of the entire two-day tournament and brought home big wins with four teams finishing in the top five of both the ES and MS Championship sections.
