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Celebrating the 2026 Ascend Together Award Winners

by Maryann Li

Every day across Ascend, our teachers create classrooms where students are challenged, supported, and inspired to grow. They bring energy, skill, creativity, and care to work that has a lasting...

Culture
Brooklyn Ascend High School Theater Makes Its Debut with a Sold-Out Inaugural Production
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by Ascend Public Charter Schools

Brooklyn Ascend High School celebrated a major milestone this past Friday and Saturday with BAHS Theater’s inaugural production of In the Red and Brown Water, a powerful play by Tarell...

High School
Curriculum
Culture
Big Wins and Big Energy at This Week’s Ascend Basketball Matchups
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by Ascend Public Charter Schools

On Tuesday, May 5, Canarsie Ascend Middle School (CAMS) hosted two exciting Middle School Basketball League matchups, bringing together players, cheerleaders, families, and staff for an evening full of energy,...

Middle School
Culture
After School at Ascend: Where Students Explore and Shine
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by Ascend Public Charter Schools

Across Ascend middle schools, our after-school programs give students the opportunity to explore their interests, build new skills, and connect with their peers in meaningful ways. On the court and...

Middle School
Culture
Author Derrick Barnes Inspires Students at Brooklyn Ascend Middle School
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by Ascend Public Charter Schools

On Friday, September 19, Brooklyn Ascend Middle School welcomed acclaimed author Derrick Barnes for a special visit, where students enjoyed an engaging discussion and an exclusive preview of his new...

Press
Middle School
Culture
Why I send my son to a charter school: the teachers care
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by Kathy-Ann Hosten-Peters

In honor of National School Choice Week, we are sharing the perspective of one of our parents. I am a big advocate of school choice and have trouble understanding the critics...

Culture
Love beats fear in school culture
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by Marsha Gadsden

This fall I had the privilege of attending a convening hosted by the U.S. Department of Education on the cultural practices of schools across the United States. I was pleasantly...

Culture
Beyond No Excuses: a teacher’s view
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by Ashley Roberts

When I read Steven Wilson’s blog post Beyond No Excuses: the promise of student agency, I immediately connected with his message on No Excuses schools. Having worked at one, his...

Culture
Chalkbeat NYC highlights Ascend’s culture in article exploring shift from No Excuses discipline
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by Kay Moffett

Ascend was featured prominently in a March 7, 2016 Chalkbeat NYC article about charter school networks rethinking the No Excuses approach to discipline. Ascend’s Chief Executive Officer Steven Wilson explained...

Culture
Building Schools of Thought
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by Steven F. Wilson

On the day before the recent state math exams, I slipped into fourth-grade classes with some visitors at Brownsville Ascend Lower School. Our visitors might have expected to see teachers...

Culture
Curriculum
Leadership
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