Harlem Success Academy

Leaders of New Group Have an "Interest" in Education

Gail Robinson | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Mayor Bloomberg Education, Privatized Education, Harlem Children's Zone, Education Reform, Michelle Rhee, Charter Schools, New York Education, Studentsfirst, New York Education Reform, New York Charter Schools, Harlem Success Academy, Eva Moskowitz, Geoffrey Canada, New York News
Gail Robinson

Increasingly privatized education -- with charters, consultants and competition -- offers more opportunities for investment and profit-making. Its proponents have a special and vested interest in the policies they promote.

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An Education Success in Harlem

Kevin P. Chavous | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Harlem Success Academy, Harlem, Eva Moskowitz, New York Schools, Student Achievement, Harlem Success, Naacp, Education News
Kevin P. Chavous

The model for each student varies on their needs, and parents are encouraged to be active participants in their child's education. This program is determined to be the change in New York City. What's not to love?

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Kids at Harlem Success Academy Hit Million Book Milestone

| Jeff Mays | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harlem Success Academy, Eva Moskowitz, Education, Success Charter Network, Reading, Ny Impact, Impact, New York News

HARLEM -- When 10-year-old Deeyonna Cooper reads books at home, it's a family affair. The fifth grader at Harlem Success Academy often reads to her...

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The Lottery: Charter Schools in Harlem (VIDEO)

John Merrow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Movie Reviews, Harlem, Learning Matters, Education, Charter Schools, Harlem Success Academy, John Merrow, Eva Moskowitz, The Lottery, Harlem Children's Zone, Madeleine Sackler, Schools, Education News
John Merrow

The Lottery is not a poor cousin of Waiting for 'Superman'. In some respects it's a purer and more honest film, ferocious in its anger.

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Superman Revealed

Susan Deily-Swearingen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harlem Success Academy, Lottery, Education, Waiting for Superman, Geoffrey Canada, Children, Public School, Davis Gugenheim, Documentary, Parenting, Film, Lesley Chilcott, Davis Guggenheim, An Inconvenient Truth, Entertainment News
Susan Deily-Swearingen

This film is about capturing on film that moment any parent knows intimately -- the moment when the cape comes off and mom and dad's days as superheroes are over.

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Waiting for the Teachers' Union

Joel Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Davis Guggenheim, Teachers Union, Waiting for Superman, Education Reform, Charter Schools, A Nation at Risk, KIPP Charter Schools, Teacher Accountability, Harlem Success Academy, Harlem Children's Zone, Public Education, Geoffrey Canada, Impact News
Joel Klein

"Waiting for 'Superman' " shines a much-needed spotlight on the status quo and the people who benefit from and defend it.

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Charter schools: Public education's savior?

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harlem Success Academy, Aft, American Federation of Teachers, Madeleine Sackler, The Lottery, Charter Schools, Marshall Fine Interview, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Making a documentary is always a crapshoot, but Madeleine Sackler is hoping she'll get a little help from the headline. Sackler's documentary, The Lo...

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Steve Brill's Imperviousness to the Facts

Leonie Haimson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harlem Success Academy, PS 149, NY Times., Charter Schools, Steve Brill, New York News
Leonie Haimson

Steve Brill wrote a controversial and much criticized article in the NY Times Magazine in his ongoing effort to demonize the teachers union.

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Albany Gets an "F" in Education

Dan Collins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harlem Success Academy, Charter School Cap, Harlem Children's Zone, Charter Schools Legislature, Charter Schools Albany, Charter Schools, Obama Education, New York Charter Schools, New York News
Dan Collins

Just when it seemed impossible that our opinion of NY's legislature could get worse, it does. Now, it turns out these people can't even pick up free money in the form of $700 million in federal education funds.

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