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Kumon Franchise Expands in NYC Metro Area with the Opening of its Second Math and Reading Center in the Bronx

Kumon Franchise Expands in NYC Metro Area with the Opening of its Second Math and Reading Center in the Bronx

Kumon Franchise Expands in NYC Metro Area with the Opening of its Second Math and Reading Center in the Bronx Kumon Math and Reading Center of Bronx-North Riverdale Now Taking Enrollments  BRONX, NY – Thousands of additional parents in the New […]

Sen. Klein Hosts Annual Education Leadership Breakfast, 5/16

Sen. Klein Hosts Annual Education Leadership Breakfast, 5/16

Senator Jeff Klein held his Annual Education Leadership Breakfast, which honors public, private and Catholic school parent leaders throughout the 34th District in the Bronx and Westchester County. The event was co-hosted by community partner, Healthfirst. The program included a breakfast […]

Success Academy Scholars Dominate NYS’s 1st-Ever Girls Chess Championship

Success Academy Scholars Dominate NYS’s 1st-Ever Girls Chess Championship

Success Academy students Emily Booncharoen and Pari Patni win first and second place in the K-6 championship; their team, Success Academy Hudson Yards, places first. NEW YORK, NY — Success Academy students Emily Booncharoen and Pari Patni took home the […]

Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Carranza visit Pre-K and 3-K classrooms at P.S. 25, The Bilingual School, Bronx. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.

Houston’s Richard Carranza Begins as NYC Schools Chancellor

Last month, Mayor Bill de Blasio appointed Richard A. Carranza as New York City’s next Schools Chancellor. Carranza’s officially started two weeks ago but schools for closed for spring break. When schools re-opened Carranza went on a five-borough tour of […]

by · April 16, 2018 · Education News, News
Are Some Students with Disabilities More Likely to Receive a Recommendation for a Paraprofessional?

Are Some Students with Disabilities More Likely to Receive a Recommendation for a Paraprofessional?

ARE SOME STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES MORE LIKELY TO RECEIVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR A PARAPROFESSIONAL? As a recent IBO post showed, the number of paraprofessionals, or teaching assistants, in the city’s public schools has grown considerably over the past decade. In […]

by · April 10, 2018 · Education News
High School Equivalency – TASC/GED Class – FREE – Apr 16

High School Equivalency – TASC/GED Class – FREE – Apr 16

by · March 23, 2018 · Education News
Harlem West Principal Khari Shabazz

SUCCESS ACADEMY FILES LEGAL ACTION AGAINST NYC DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR DISCRIMINATING AGAINST HARLEM STUDENTS

    Despite Legal Obligation, City Refuses to Revise the Unequal and Outdated Allocation of Space Among Harlem West Middle School and the Two Other Schools in Same Building   At Scale, Harlem West Will Have 14 More Students Per […]

by · March 19, 2018 · Education News, News
Profile America: Boston Latin — America’s First Public School

Profile America: Boston Latin — America’s First Public School

Tuesday, February 13. This date marks the anniversary in 1635 of the organizing of America’s first public school — the Boston Latin School — long before there was a United States. Established in April that year, among its later students […]

Credit: South Bronx Classical Charter School

OPINION: Charter School Day of Action

By Petra Milteer Last Tuesday, I traveled to Albany with dozens of my fellow public charter school parents. After hearing motivational words from elected officials including the Bronx’s own Assembly Member Victor Pichardo, we took to the halls of the […]

by · February 4, 2018 · Education News, Op Ed, Opinion
Success Academy Rejects DOE’s Partial “Solution” To Space Requests, Demands Permanent Space For All Six Schools

Success Academy Rejects DOE’s Partial “Solution” To Space Requests, Demands Permanent Space For All Six Schools

Success Academy Rejects DOE’s Partial “Solution” To Space Requests, Demands Permanent Space For All Six Schools In A Letter To Mayor Bill de Blasio, Eva Moskowitz Urges DOE To Find Practical And Fair Solution For All Success Academy Scholars New […]

by · December 12, 2017 · Bulletin Board, Education News
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor speaks to participants of the Thurgood Marshall Junior Mock Trials. Credit: Bronxnet

Thurgood Marshall Mock Trials on BronxNet

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor inspired teams of middle school students as they competed in the Thurgood Marshall Junior Mock Trials in the Bronx, and BronxNet cameras were there to capture highlights. Approximately 1,000 students from 31 schools in […]

Success Academy Network CEO and founder

STATEMENT FROM EVA MOSKOWITZ IN RESPONSE TO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ANNOUNCEMENT

STATEMENT FROM EVA MOSKOWITZ IN RESPONSE TO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ANNOUNCEMENT New York, NY – Eva Moskowitz, Founder and CEO of Success Academy Charter Schools released the following statement in response to the Department of Education’s announcement on space: “By […]

Opening Our School Doors to Students Displaced by Hurricaine

Opening Our School Doors to Students Displaced by Hurricaine

International Leadership Charter High School is opening its doors to Puerto Rican students displaced by Hurricane Maria. The offer is only open to students entering the 9th and 10th grade. Call 718-562-2344 extension 404 for more information. 

A Message from Mercy College Bronx Leadership Dinner

A Message from Mercy College Bronx Leadership Dinner

New Report Shows NYC District Middle Schools in Crisis

New Report Shows NYC District Middle Schools in Crisis

New Report Shows NYC District Middle Schools in Crisis Out of Nearly 400 District Middle Schools Where a Majority of Students are Children of Color, Just Five Are High-Performing — Yet Mayor de Blasio Continues to Block Growth of High […]