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NYC Marathon a wild success for city's largest charter-school network -- here's why
"Education is an endurance sport," said CEO Eva Moskowitz said before the grueling 26.2 miles trek through the five boroughs.
Thousands of charter school parents, kids to march over Brooklyn Bridge to promote `excellence'
Thousands of parents and students from more than 200 charter schools will march over the Brooklyn Bridge Thursday to promote educational choice and "excellence" for New York City families.
Success Academy Charter students' test scores were nearly double those of NYC public school peers: data
"We believe, and have proven, that when children have access to excellent schools, they achieve excellence,” Success Academy founder and CEO Eva Moskowitz said in a statement.
NY charter school leader blasts teachers union for blocking access, entrance to charter schools
The leader of New York's largest charter school network compared teachers' union activists and lawmakers to segregationists “barricading” children from quality schools.
NY education big urges Hochul, pols to lift cap on charters
The alternative, privately managed, publicly funded schools are popular with parents for their rigor but fiercely opposed by the teachers' union and traditional public-school educators.
Shameless UFT loses another battle in its unrelenting war on charter kids
Success Academy wins again in its David and Goliath battle against the kid- and parent-hating UFT.
UFT's latest attack on Success Academy charters puts kids in real jeopardy
The UFT’s move is beyond outrageous, but the judge is also to blame for failing to toss this case sooner. He could do parents, kids and staff a world of...
Success Academy kids succeed again, yet Albany still blocks new charters
If the Legislature manages to block Hochul's more-charters-for-NYC proposals, it'll be a loss for New York's kids and a win for those who don't care about them.
UFT, Democrat lawmakers move to deny space for charter school kids
The city teachers’ union filed a lawsuit Tuesday to try to block charter schools from sharing public-school sites, while sympathetic Democratic state lawmakers introduced legislation to scrap funding to allow...
64% of NYC parents want state cap lifted to allow more charter schools: poll
There are now 275 charter schools that enroll 142,500 students — but no more can be authorized without raising the cap. Meanwhile, even charter schools that have been approved are...
Parents flunk Mayor Adams for blocking charter schools
Adams and Schools Chancellor David Banks abandoned them, the parents said.
'Driven by joy': Charter school founder's kid is off to the Ivy League
Hannah Grannis, the daughter of Eva Moskowitz — who founded New York City's Success Academy charter schools — is headed to the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School after founding a peer-to-peer tutor...
Albany hates our kids but loves casinos
“It’s disappointing that Albany chose to lift the cap on casinos, but not charter schools,” Success Academy CEO Eva Moskowitz noted.
Harvard study can teach NY officials the secrets of Success Academy's ... success
A new Harvard case study of the Success Academy charter network offers valuable insight into why its schools are so, well . . . successful. New York officials should read...
DOE to finally offer Success Academy public school space in Queens
The Department of Education finally proposed a pair of temporary Success Academy co-locations to accommodate excess middle schoolers from southeast Queens -- after a three-year war with the network, The...
Success Academy rejects City Hall space proposal for Queens middle school
Success Academy has flatly rejected City Hall’s suggested site for a future Queens middle school, claiming the building is inadequate. Network officials toured the defunct Catholic school for the first...
De Blasio ignores Success Academy students protesting on steps of City Hall
Nothing to see here. Hundreds of charter school students flocked to City Hall on Monday to protest how they are invisible to Mayor de Blasio — and he proved them...
Success Academy parents rally for classroom space
Thousands of Success Academy charter school parents, students and staff packed a Queens rally Thursday to demand Mayor Bill de Blasio keep his promise to find them a middle school...
Charter school CEOs get massive paychecks thanks to private donors
Private donors are boosting the pay of the city’s charter-school chieftains. Eva Moskowitz, CEO of the 46-school Success Academy network, received a pay package totaling $782,175 in 2016. The nonprofit...
The statistics behind Success Academy's rapid expansion
Founded in 2006 by former city Councilwoman Eva Moskowitz, Success Academy has expanded from a single Harlem charter school to a network of 46 sites in Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens...