Their journey began when Debbie Franks joined the faculty in 2004 having previously worked at Montgomery Bell Academy, a boys’ school in Tennessee. When she was appointed Middle School Academic Dean and Dean of Students the next year, she presented the idea of single-gender classes to ...
A South Bronx Success Worried About the Next Mayor.The article opines Democratic politician Bill de Blasio, who is not a support of charter schools, will win the New York City mayoral election in November 2014 and that the KIPP Academy Middle School in the city's South Bronx is worried ...
Coming from the Bronx, Jennifer Lopez knew from an early age it would be tough to achieve her dream. In an interview in 2002 she remembered, "I had such a will in me. I had such a passion in me. I could overcome my situation. But a lot of people will get beaten down and be he...