Initial analyses of both secondary converter academies and primary schools in
academy chains show the emergence of similar patterns.
Not exact matches
The key to Success
Academy in Brooklyn,
shown, and other institutions in the New York City charter
chain is that «it's not only reading, writing and arithmetic.
Disadvantaged children were
shown to have mixed success in
academy chains.
An analysis published by the Policy Exchange think tank
showed that in the most recent waves of free schools, more than two - thirds were opened by
academies or
academy chains.
Students at Seymour Dual Language
Academy formed a human
chain, joining hands to
show the links between the community and the school during a recent event.
Reform's survey of
academy trust bosses also
shows a worrying collective view about the minimum number of schools needed to make
chains efficient, which is especially concerning in the context of data that
shows that the vast majority of trusts have fewer than 10 schools.
Recent inspections of schools run by
academy chains have
shown many of these schools to be failing.
As an
academy chain it receives public funding to operate schools, with accounts for the academic year ending in August 2014
showing an income of # 135m.
Over breakfast this morning, Eva Moskowitz seemed to rattle off a list of people who are skeptical of her Success
Academy charter school
chain — teachers union types who are suing her, the media that is scrutinizing her classrooms, the parents who are angry about suspensions or expulsions — some of whom
showed up to confront her today.
Yet our evidence
shows that while some
academy chains are very successful, too many are not yet making the difference they should to outcomes for poorer pupils.»
Moreover, the proportion of
academy chains returning above average levels of attainment for disadvantaged students in sponsored secondary
academies has fallen since 2013 with only a small minority of
chains showing steady improvement.
Fortunately, the
chain was small enough so when I wanted to also cover art museum
shows (I attended the Art Institute of Chicago and the Chicago
Academy of Art) I could do so.