The New American Academy
| The New American Academy PS 770 | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
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60 East 94th Street , United States | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public school |
| Established | 2010 |
| Head | Jessica Saratovsky |
| Website | thenewamericanacademy |
The New American Academy is a Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York public school, PS 770, which opened in the fall of 2010.[1][2]
History
The school opened to kindergarten and first grade and will gradually grow with the students each year to include fifth grade.[3][4] The school was founded by and is led by Shimon Waronker, who has a bachelor's degree from Rabbinical College of America and a master's degree from Touro College.[3][5][6] The New American Academy puts sixty children in a single, large classroom.[7] The New American Academy has four teachers with sixty students (for a 15:1 ratio) in one classroom.[5] Waronker modeled The New American Academy after Phillips Exeter Academy's methods.[8]
The New York City Department of Education withdrew a proposal to expand The New American Academy with a middle school after less than ten percent of The New American Academy's first class of third-graders passed state examinations in the spring of 2013 before a vote by the Panel for Educational Policy on October 30, 2013. Just two students out a class of twenty-two students passed the 2013 spring New York state math and reading tests.[7] As of November 4, 2013, more than half of The New American Academy's first class (the class of 2010–2011) of forty first-graders were no longer enrolled or failed to be promoted to the fourth grade, city statistics show.[7]
See also
References
- ^ Brooks, David (March 22, 2012). "The Relationship School". The New York Times.
- ^ Otterman, Sharon (January 10, 2011). "New American Academy in Brooklyn Is an Experiment in Class Size". The New York Times.
- ^ a b The New American Academy Archived February 7, 2012, at the Library of Congress Web Archives, website and brochure to parents.
- ^ The New American Academy at Lincoln Terrace Park Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Insideschools.org.
- ^ a b "School Comprehensive Education Plan : 2010-11" (PDF). Schools.nyc.gov. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
- ^ "NY Times – article on former student of Rabbinical College of America | Lubavitch of New Jersey Regional Hdqts". Rabbinical College of America. February 8, 2008. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
- ^ a b c Monahan, Rachel (November 4, 2013). "Brooklyn's New American Academy Suffers Setback After Poor Exam Results". New York Daily News. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
- ^ Molloy, Joanna (November 20, 2010). "New Schools Chancellor Cathie Black Should See How Bold Ideas Life Crown Heights School". New York Daily News. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
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