The 2023 Above & Beyond: Innovators
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!
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 Eagle Academy Graduation
On behalf of the Eagle Academy Foundation, CONGRATULATIONS to our Principals, educators, school staff, parents, and caretakers across the Eagle Network.
Jordan Pierre S.I. Newhouse School Of Public Communications Commencement Speech
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.
Syracuse grad’s powerful commencement speech goes viral
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.
‘Merch Madness’: Fanatics donates hats, shirts to hundreds of Harlem students
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...
When Life Hands You Lemons: 3 Brooklyn Teens on What it Takes to Graduate High School and Get into College
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...
HARLEM TEENS RECEIVE BUSINESS ADVICE FROM NICK CANNON, PLACE THIRD IN NATIONAL PITCH COMPETITION
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...
WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF COLLEGE — AND DOES IT HAVE ROOM FOR MEN?
"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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The 2023 Above & Beyond: Innovators
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.
EAF’s Summer Institute Returns!
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 Eagle Academy Graduation
On behalf of the Eagle Academy Foundation, CONGRATULATIONS to our Principals, educators, school staff, parents, and caretakers across the Eagle Network.
Jordan Pierre S.I. Newhouse School Of Public Communications Commencement Speech
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.
Syracuse grad’s powerful commencement speech goes viral
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.
‘Merch Madness’: Fanatics donates hats, shirts to hundreds of Harlem students
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...
When Life Hands You Lemons: 3 Brooklyn Teens on What it Takes to Graduate High School and Get into College
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...
HARLEM TEENS RECEIVE BUSINESS ADVICE FROM NICK CANNON, PLACE THIRD IN NATIONAL PITCH COMPETITION
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...
WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF COLLEGE — AND DOES IT HAVE ROOM FOR MEN?
"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.
Teacher Appreciation
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...
WBC Cares about Eagle Academy
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...
If you really want to bridge the racial wealth gap, stop asking families of color to sacrifice so much to educate their children.
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...
David Banks, Educator and Adams Ally, Is Next N.Y.C. Schools Chancellor
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.
Philanthropist Robert F. Smith works to bolster financial literacy
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.
The Eagle Academy Foundation Announces Major Gift from Robert F. Smith, Powered by Goalsetter App Technology
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...
SECOND-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS NEED SUPPORT, TOO
If you really want to bridge the racial wealth gap, stop asking families of color to sacrifice so much to educate their children.
Eagle Celebrates Black History Award-Winning Scholars
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...
NYPD commissioner talks social justice with students
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...
City police commissioner talks NYPD-community relations with charter school students
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...
First Black Woman to Run N.Y.C. Schools Faces Huge Task: Full Reopening
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...
NYC Schools Get First Black Female Chancellor as Carranza Abruptly Resigns During Ongoing COVID Crisis
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...
Report reveals NYC racial gap in degree attainment
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...
New York City Mayoral candidates share their plans on improving city public schools
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...
De Blasio & Carranza look to upend the admissions process
David Banks weighs in on screening in the admissions process.
New Documentary Looks at a Day in the Life at the Eagle Academy
Now available on HBO Max, “The Infamous Future” documentary is set in New York City and shines a spotlight on an academic institution that is dedicated to helping young men.
NYC Mayoral Candidates Talk Education in Forum
Mayoral candidates will have another opportunity on Sunday January 31st to share their vision for our schools in a forum with the Black Educators Coalition.
NYC mayoral candidates talk education in forum
Candidates for New York City’s 2021 mayoral elections took questions from educators Tuesday evening in a forum organized by The Council of School Supervisors and Administrators. “Our voices are trusted...
