Stories & Impact

SUNY Schools in the Spotlight
Jun
01
2022
School Spotlight: Truxton Academy’s farming-based curriculum cultivating environmentally conscious future community leaders
Institute News
Truxton Academy Charter School is unique among SUNY’s educational portfolio. Located in the small town of Truxton in Central New York, the school stands as the state’s only rural charter, emphasizing project-based learning and strong, farming-based field ...
May
19
2022
School Spotlight: How Achievement First Legacy is Bringing Joy into the Classroom and Forging Strong Connections with Families
Institute News
Founding a school during the middle of a pandemic is not a challenge many budding school leaders prepare for. Principal Jessica Eddy and the team at Achievement First (AF) Legacy Elementary School credit the school’s initial success being due in large ...
Mar
17
2022
More Great Seats 4 Kids Newsletter: SUNY Charters Continue to Outperform District Schools
Institute News
I love DATA. Perhaps, it’s my past life as a researcher, but I can’t get enough of hard, quantifiable evidence that tells a story – especially when it’s a story about you as charter leaders and how well you are doing your job to create more great seats ...
Mar
17
2022
University Prep Charter School for Young Men helping students prepare for workforce
In The Press
A unique program at a local charter school is helping students prepare for the workforce after graduation. During the summer, University Preparatory Charter School for Young Men offers the opportunity for interested students to train and get some first ...
Feb
07
2022
Tapestry Charter School is granted $250,000 to build Community Athletic Complex
In The Press
The Buffalo Bills, through the National Football League Foundation Grassroots Program, has granted Tapestry Charter School with $250,000 so that the school can install a new synthetic turf field at its Community Track and Multi-Sport Athletic Complex in ...
Feb
17
2022
New charter school in Mount Vernon will be the first in a decade in Lower Hudson
In The Press
Kenyah Miller, a lifelong Queens resident, had decided she would create a new charter school in a community that needed one. And she would move her growing family to that community while taking on the project. A committed proponent of charter school ...
Jan
31
2022
SUNY charter schools outperform traditional public schools
In The Press
Students at many SUNY-approved charter schools are vastly outperforming their counterparts in neighboring traditional public schools in New York City, a new analysis obtained by The Post reveals. The analysis — which involved third- through eighth-graders ...
Feb
03
2022
Exploring the impact of Brooklyn Prospect charter schools
In The Press
Brooklyn Prospect’s six schools use the curriculum of the International Baccalaureate Program leading to an IB degree. The liberal arts-focused curriculum promotes creative inquiry, problem-solving, critical thinking, personal reflection and collaborative ...
Dec
07
2021
Buffalo United Charter School works with trainer to improve behavior and motivate students
In The Press
A Buffalo Charter School is trying a unique method to improve behavior in the classroom. Buffalo United is working with resilience trainer Duncan Kirkwood to improve behavior and motivate students. One of their new strategies is to reward one student per ...
Oct
06
2021
The school that aspires to be a basketball factory – New York Times
In The Press
From the moment Naimah Pearson heard there would be a new charter school in the Bronx focused on basketball, she wanted to go. She did not know much about Earl Monroe, the Hall of Fame player for whom the school is named, and was aware she would have a ...