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Yield Giving Open Call Awards $2 Million Grant to The Eagle Academy Foundation

03/19/2024

Echoing Common's lines from 'The 6th Sense', "I just want to innovate and stimulate minds, travel the world and penetrate the times" - my journey has been aligned to that.

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Coalition tasked with developing Black studies curriculum in NYC schools says program will launch this fall

03/17/2024

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A Black studies curriculum is slated to be introduced to New York City public school students in the fall, according to a coalition that has been tasked with helping to create the interdisciplinary pre-K through 12 programming.

The Eagle Academy Foundation Announces Second Annual Career Pathways Expo

03/16/2024

The Career Pathways Expo is a signature event of the Eagles Soaring Beyond (ESB) program, which seeks to empower young men of color to define success on their terms and excel by creating multiple pathways to success after high school graduation.

The 2023 Above & Beyond: Innovators

09/12/2023

Echoing Common's lines from 'The 6th Sense', "I just want to innovate and stimulate minds, travel the world and penetrate the times" - my journey has been aligned to that.

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EAF’s Summer Institute Returns!

08/01/2023

Reflecting on the dynamic three-day journey of our Eagle Summer Institute, we remain in awe of the commitment, wisdom, and spirited engagement that was shared by all attendees.

2023 June graduation ceremony at the Eagle Academy for Young Men of Ocean Hill

2023 Eagle Academy Graduation

07/08/2023

On behalf of the Eagle Academy Foundation, CONGRATULATIONS to our Principals, educators, school staff, parents, and caretakers across the Eagle Network.

An inspiring speech by Jordan Pierre of the Eagle Academy Brooklyn class of 2019. Jordan has continued to live, breathe, and exude Eagle values throughout his post-secondary journey and we're proud to let you know that Jordan is now a graduate of Syracuse University.

Jordan Pierre S.I. Newhouse School Of Public Communications Commencement Speech

07/07/2023

An inspiring speech by Jordan Pierre of the Eagle Academy Brooklyn class of 2019. Jordan has continued to live, breathe, and exude Eagle values throughout his post-secondary journey and we're proud to let you know that Jordan is now a graduate of Syracuse University.

Jordan Pierre, a proud alumnus of the Eagle Academy for Young Men at Ocean Hill, Class of 2019

Syracuse grad’s powerful commencement speech goes viral

06/30/2023

When Jordan Pierre was selected by his teachers and peers at Syracuse University to address his fellow graduates during the commencement, he took the opportunity to speak from the heart.

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Yield Giving Open Call Awards $2 Million Grant to The Eagle Academy Foundation

03/19/2024

Echoing Common's lines from 'The 6th Sense', "I just want to innovate and stimulate minds, travel the world and penetrate the times" - my journey has been aligned to that.

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All-Male College Fair

03/19/2024

Black studies curriculum in NYC schools launch this fall - Eagle Academy Foundation

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Coalition tasked with developing Black studies curriculum in NYC schools says program will launch this fall

03/17/2024

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The Eagle Academy Foundation Announces Second Annual Career Pathways Expo

03/16/2024

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The 2023 Above & Beyond: Innovators

09/12/2023

Echoing Common's lines from 'The 6th Sense', "I just want to innovate and stimulate minds, travel the world and penetrate the times" - my journey has been aligned to that.

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EAF’s Summer Institute Returns!

08/01/2023

Reflecting on the dynamic three-day journey of our Eagle Summer Institute, we remain in awe of the commitment, wisdom, and spirited engagement that was shared by all attendees.

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2023 Eagle Academy Graduation

07/08/2023

On behalf of the Eagle Academy Foundation, CONGRATULATIONS to our Principals, educators, school staff, parents, and caretakers across the Eagle Network.

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Jordan Pierre S.I. Newhouse School Of Public Communications Commencement Speech

07/07/2023

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Syracuse grad’s powerful commencement speech goes viral

06/30/2023

When Jordan Pierre was selected by his teachers and peers at Syracuse University to address his fellow graduates during the commencement, he took the opportunity to speak from the heart.

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‘Merch Madness’: Fanatics donates hats, shirts to hundreds of Harlem students

06/28/2023

HARLEM – Hundreds of students from the Frederick Douglass Academy were joined by students from the Eagle Academy for a last day of school unlike any other – a Merch Madness giveaways of hats, shirts and bags.

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When Life Hands You Lemons: 3 Brooklyn Teens on What it Takes to Graduate High School and Get into College

07/11/2022

Across some urban areas of the United States, as many as 50% of Black males do not graduate from high school. An Ocean Hill public school is fixing this, one student at a time.

Left to right: Nick Cannon with Team reMind Me of Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem: Robert Loveless, Makail Williams, and Fritz Andral.

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HARLEM TEENS RECEIVE BUSINESS ADVICE FROM NICK CANNON, PLACE THIRD IN NATIONAL PITCH COMPETITION

06/06/2022

Team reMind Me of Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem took 3rd place, with a $2,500 cash prize… Team reMind Me presented an iOS app designed to combat and address procrastination which is linked to mental health concerns.

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WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF COLLEGE — AND DOES IT HAVE ROOM FOR MEN?

05/18/2022

"One of the things that we wanted to do is actually create a school and a culture where young men could feel safe, where young men can authentically just be themselves, be boys." - Donald Ruff, Jr.

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Teacher Appreciation

05/06/2022

soaring: the Blog Teacher Appreciation The six Eagle Academy for Young Men public schools are often celebrated for the incredible and inspiring results the young men display socially, emotionally, and academically. Through their powerful and engaging work, young men across the Eagle network, past, and present, rave about the importance of the teachers they had […]

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WBC Cares about Eagle Academy

04/28/2022

WBC Cares visited with Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem. Eagle Academy is the only school in NYC with a boxing program and now that youth are returning to class, they are going to start it again. It helps to have an activity like this to bring children back to School and keep them […]

Display cases in the cafeteria at Eagle Academy for Young Men II in Brooklyn. (Courtesy of the NYC Dept. of Education) - The Eagle Academy Foundation

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If you really want to bridge the racial wealth gap, stop asking families of color to sacrifice so much to educate their children.

03/27/2022

Brooklyn student Leslie Gomez Rivera used to avoid the Midwood High School cafeteria at all costs, spending her lunchtime in classrooms or the library and sometimes going the whole day without eating.

David Banks, right, the founder of the Eagle Academy for Young Men, is a friend and close adviser to Eric Adams, the next mayor of New York City.Credit...Dave Sanders for The New York Times

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David Banks, Educator and Adams Ally, Is Next N.Y.C. Schools Chancellor

12/13/2021

Mr. Banks, who founded the Eagle Academy, a network of public schools for boys, is the first commissioner named to Mayor-elect Eric Adams’s administration.

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Philanthropist Robert F. Smith works to bolster financial literacy

11/14/2021

Robert F. Smith tops the list of Black billionaires in America, but it's his philanthropic work that's grabbed the most headlines, including a commencement speech where he promised to pay off the student loans of the 2019 graduating class of Morehouse College. Now Smith's latest gift is designed to teach young people how to handle money, through an app called Goalsetter. TODAY’s Craig Melvin reports.

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The Eagle Academy Foundation Announces Major Gift from Robert F. Smith, Powered by Goalsetter App Technology

10/23/2021

The Eagle Academy Foundation Announces Major Gift from Robert F. Smith, Powered by Goalsetter App Technology Smith to donate stock shares in five portfolio companies to students, teachers, and staff members of Eagle Academy schools, in partnership with Goalsetter app technology. Read More New York, NY – October 25, 2021 – The Eagle Academy Foundation, a […]

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SECOND-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS NEED SUPPORT, TOO

06/25/2021

If you really want to bridge the racial wealth gap, stop asking families of color to sacrifice so much to educate their children.

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Eagle Celebrates Black History Award-Winning Scholars

05/22/2021

Eagle Celebrates Black History Award-winning Scholars Eagle Celebrates Black History Award-winning Scholars The Eagle Academy Foundation is pleased to dedicate our inaugural blog post to the winners of the Fund II Foundation’s Black History in Two Minutes Essay Contest. Eagle scholars were tasked with watching all of the episodes of Black History in Two Minutes, the groundbreaking and award-winning series […]

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NYPD commissioner talks social justice with students

03/19/2021

NEW YORK — A candid conversation, up close and personal with NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea, answering questions from students of color during the Eagle Academy’s 19th virtual town hall to discuss the state of our country, systemic racism, inequality and so much more. “Where we are today, recognizing we have an awful lot of work […]

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City police commissioner talks NYPD-community relations with charter school students

03/19/2021

The city’s top cop found himself on the spot Friday when a high school student from Staten Island pressed him during a town hall on what the NYPD is doing to hold accountable officers who commit misconduct. “The NYPD has a history of police being overly aggressive toward people of color,” said Kehinde Adeoso, a […]

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First Black Woman to Run N.Y.C. Schools Faces Huge Task: Full Reopening

02/26/2021

Meisha Porter, a longtime Bronx educator whom Mayor Bill de Blasio named on Friday as his choice to replace Richard A. Carranza as schools chancellor, began her path to the chancellorship as a teenage activist who caught the attention of a group of urban planners in the South Bronx in the early 1990s. Ms. Porter, who […]

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NYC Schools Get First Black Female Chancellor as Carranza Abruptly Resigns During Ongoing COVID Crisis

02/26/2021

Bronx parent Farah Despeignes awoke to what she considered good news Friday, 11 months into a painful pandemic that brought not only trauma and loss, but also a series of missteps over reopening New York City’s schools. Bronx Executive Superintendent Meisha Ross Porter, whom Despeignes had worked with in her role as president of the […]

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Report reveals NYC racial gap in degree attainment

02/11/2021

A new study outlines the size of the education gap between Black and Hispanic people when compared to white people. The Center for an Urban Future (CUF) report, titled “Building An Inclusive Economy In NYC: Boosting College Attainment,” revealed that 27% of Black and 20% of Hispanic New Yorkers have attained a bachelor’s degree while […]

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New York City Mayoral candidates share their plans on improving city public schools

02/01/2021

Close to 1,500 parents, educators and community members registered to attend a virtual forum on Sunday with some of NYC’s 2021 mayoral candidates. They wanted to voice their concerns about accessible online learning, educational racial equity, high-risk standardized testing and funding. According to Maya Wiley – one of the candidates – the meeting was so […]

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