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The New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) reported today the results of its 2008-2009 School Survey, revealing a high level of satisfaction among parents and teachers at the Brooklyn Ascend Charter School (BACS). All of the 138 parents who responded to the department’s survey said they were “satisfied” or “very satisfied” with the education their children received during the school’s inaugural year. The school also earned high marks… Read more

Teachers and students at Ascend Learning’s flagship school, the Brooklyn Ascend Charter School, have long known that something exciting has been afoot--or more precisely, overhead. Construction workers have been busily transforming the fourth and fifth floors of their building at 205 Rockaway Parkway in Brooklyn to accommodate Ascend’s second school, the Brownsville Ascend Charter School, during its incubation period. The construction is nearly complete, two months prior t… Read more

Ascend Learning said today that Keisha Sykes will serve as school director of the Brooklyn Ascend Charter School beginning next month, succeeding Nikki Khosla, the school’s founding director. Ms. Sykes is a second grade teacher at the school and a key member of the founding faculty. “I am delighted that Keisha will lead the school in its second year,” said Steven Wilson, Ascend’s president. “Her teaching has exemplified our philosophy of high acad… Read more