Phoenix was thrilled to welcome over 75 attendees to our Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the new Phoenix Chelsea campus in Bellingham Square! This is an exciting move for Phoenix Chelsea, and is all thanks to an amazing partnership between Phoenix and Bunker Hill Community College. Now our students get to... Read More »
Phoenix was featured in an article written by Kate Stringer of The 74 Million, an education reform website. Read on below, or click here to view the original article. A Phoenix Breakthrough: How 3 Massachusetts High Schools Are Helping Dropouts Become College-Bound Grads [caption id="attachment_337" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo by Genevieve... Read More »
Phoenix Charter Academy Network awarded $150,000 by Barr Foundation to advance greater success for all New England students On Tuesday, June 27, 2017, Phoenix Charter Academy Network was named one of nine grantees in the Barr Foundation Education Program’s Engage New England: Doing high school differently initiative. Phoenix is proud... Read More »
On Wednesday, June 28, 2017, in recognition of her leadership and impact as Founder and CEO of Phoenix Charter Academy Network and within the Greater Boston community, Beth Anderson was named a 2017 Barr Foundation Fellow. As a member of the 2017 Class of Barr Fellows, Anderson will participate in... Read More »
Phoenix Charter Academy graduates Gisma Ahmad and Destiny Morton, alongside Amy Ciaraldi, child care director at the school in Lawrence, Massachusetts, tell Sue O'Connell how important their charter school is to them. Furthering their education, Destiny is going to Brandeis and Gisma is going to Benjamin Franklin Institute of technology.... Read More »
Edgardo, a Texas student who emigrated from Mexico, fears he won’t make it to college and will have to survive on minimum-wage jobs. Ashayla, a Miami high schooler, doesn’t feel safe when cops with dogs and Tasers patrol the classrooms searching around student bags. DeAndre, a Washington, D.C, student, doesn’t... Read More »
Study Explores How Phoenix Academies Transform Potential High School Dropouts into College Graduates Network combines second chances and individualized support with academic rigor BOSTON – A network of three Massachusetts public schools is using “relentless support” to help at-risk students not only graduate from high school, but also succeed in college,... Read More »
In Chelsea, Phoenix works with district to serve at-risk kids In the run-up to a November ballot initiative that would allow more charter schools to open in Massachusetts, charter and traditional public schools have been cast in an adversarial relationship. But that isn’t always the case. The Phoenix Academies Network... Read More »