Press

Their Post-Grads Got Off Track. Then a Brooklyn High School Launched ’13th Grade' The 74 Million (August 2023)

 

"From ‘barely reading’ to Google: Successes of NYC charter school alum" New York Post (February 2023)

 

"Fund high schools to provide post-secondary support, and hold them accountable for the results" Fordham Institute (December 2022)

 

"Op-ed: Exposing high school students to college-level courses—and enabling them to earn credits—is a path to financial success" Crain's New York Business (May 2022)

 

"Principals’ View: Many Students Need Support Beyond HS. So Our Charter School Created a ‘13th Grade’ Program to Help Grads Stay Connected and Build Rewarding Careers" The 74 Million (January 2022) 

 

"You’ve heard of AP exams. Why not CLEP?" Chalkbet New York (July 2021)

 

"Want fair public school admissions? Look to charters" New York Daily News (December 2019)

 

"Brooklyn educator wins $25,000 award" PIX11 News (November 2019)

 

"Brooklyn students march for migrant children held at border" Brooklyn Daily Eagle (November 2019)

 

"MESA Walks To Support Migrant Children" News 12 (November 2019)

 

"Elizabeth Warren, your class inspired me to open my charter school. Don't abandon them now." Washington Post (November 2019)

 

"The war on charters is a war to deny minority opportunity" New York Post (August 2019)

 

”What's Next as the City Charter School Cap Nears?," NY1 (May 2019)

 

"Look beyond Stuyvesant: High schools across the city show that Black and Latino students can soar in the right environments, with the right leader" New York Daily News (April 2019)

 

"The Story of MESA alumna, Elisa Castillo" New York City Charter Center (March 2019)

 

"Let Our School Serve More Kids: New York's cap is preventing thousands of families from having the school of their choice," by Pagee Cheung and Arthur Samuels, New York Daily News (March 2019)

 

“Aspiring Writers Publish First Books in First Grade,” Spectrum News NY1 (May 25, 2017)

 

“MESA is recognized as a Bronze Medal School,” US News and World Report (August 2016)

 

“Summer Travel Program Teaches Inner-City NYC Teens About Life Overseas — And Closer to Home,” The 74 Million (August 28, 2016)

 

“These Brooklyn Charter Students Had a Unique Opportunity for College Prep,” Extra Credit Blog, Northeast Charter Schools Network (August 11, 2016)

 

“Manifestantes rechazan resolución del Concejo contra escuelas charter,” El Diario (March 3, 2015)

 

“Education Supplement: Charter Corrections,” The Village Voice (January 8, 2014)

 

“What Charter Families are Saying,” video by the New York City Charter Center (start 0:38) (December 19, 2013)

 

“NYC Council Education Committee Hearing,” New York City Charter School Center Blog (October 2, 2013)

 

“School Snapshot,” GothamSchools (July 29, 2013)

 

“These schoolkids wanted neon yellow walls and they got neon yellow walls,” Bedford + Bowery (July 25, 2013)