“College access” Articles

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What does it mean to be “truly public”?

by Steven F. Wilson

At Ascend, our commitment is to operate public schools. Schools that enroll all children, regardless of special needs or English language proficiency or prior struggle in school. Schools that operate...

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Building a liberal arts curriculum, inspiring independent thinkers

by Elizabeth (Betsey) Hun Schmidt

Two years ago, we decided to do something highly unusual: completely overhaul our entire curriculum, from kindergarten to high school. The new Ascend curriculum would respond to the challenge of...

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Hechinger quotes Ascend CEO on college readiness and persistence

by Susan Pollock

A recent article in The Hec hinger Report describes how many charter schools—responding to evidence that students’ college persistence is falling short of ambitions—are focusing more of their efforts on developing...

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Building a high school that bridges inequity in Brownsville, Brooklyn

by Steven F. Wilson

This opinion piece appeared in The Hechinger Report on December 10, 2015. In her affecting three-part account of the launch of our first charter high school in Brownsville, one of the...

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Hechinger Report and NPR explore launch and promise of Brooklyn Ascend High School

by Kay Moffett

The launch of Brooklyn Ascend High School—the Ascend network’s first high school—was covered in an affecting three-part series by Sara Neufeld published in The Hechinger Report and on NPR. Neufeld’s pieces give voice...

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