The New American Academy

The New American Academy
PS 770
Address
60 East 94th Street
Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York
USA
Information
Type public school
Established 2010
Head Jessica Saratovsky

The New American Academy is a Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York public school, PS 770, which opened in the fall of 2010.[1][2] 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 is puts 60 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]

New York City Department of Education withdrew a proposal to expand The New American Academy with a middle school after less than 10% of The New American Academy's first class of third-graders passed state exams 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 22 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 40 first-graders are no longer enrolled or failed to be promoted to the fourth grade, city statistics show.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Brooks, David (2012-03-22). "The Relationship School". The New York Times.
  2. ↑ Otterman, Sharon (2011-01-10). "New American Academy in Brooklyn Is an Experiment in Class Size". The New York Times.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 The New American Academy, website and brochure to parents.
  4. ↑ The New American Academy at Lincoln Terrace Park, Insideschools.org.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "School Comprehensive Education Plan : 2010-11". Schools.nyc.gov. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
  6. ↑ "NY TIMES -article on former student of Rabbinical College of America | Lubavitch of New Jersey Regional Hdqts". Rca.edu. 2008-02-08. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Brooklyn’s New American Academy suffers setback after poor exam results". New York: Nydailynews.com. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
  8. ↑ Daily News (New York) http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/new-schools-chancellor-cathie-black-bold-ideas-life-crown-heights-school-article-1.454500. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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