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    Bushwick Ascend Middle School

    5.0 (1 review)

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    12 years ago

    This was one of the best school in the neighborhood! too bad it doesn't exist anymore!

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    Ascend Charter Schools

    Ascend Charter Schools

    1.2(10 reviews)
    1.5 mi

    Overall, your child can learn really well at the school. They tend to perform above state level and…read morethe infrastructure is clean. However, the school only seems to care about academics and push the kids until they approach burn out at a very young age. The work is higher than their level and the work load is extensive so the kids become frustrated very early on. There is homework every day and even during holiday breaks. There's no room for the child to be a child (I.e play, make friends, interact, laugh, etc.). They are not allowed to talk or even laugh. Recess and lunch is crammed into one hour and even then they're not allowed to speak to each other because you have to keep your "volume at zero." There are no real extracurricular activities and everything is strict and rigid. Even when they make it seem like they're doing something fun, it's just more academic stuff. If you want your child to be enrolled in a mini bootcamp that performs well academically it's a good fit. Conversely, there's no room for social emotional learning. Many of the teachers also speak to the children anyhow and out of frustration because i believe they too are burnt out as evidenced by the low retention rate. There's literally 1-4 teachers there that actually speak to the kids kindly. You better be able to fall in line and perform well if you want to survive there. Parents feel disconnected from the school because of the lack of warmth but complaints just fall on deaf ears. Despite feeling frustrated, many of us just stay because we believe it's the better alternative to the public schools in the area. Wouldn't really recommend.

    Ascend prioritizes making its numbers and data look good over creating a great learning environment…read morefor children. While I do not feel this is necessarily maliciously intended, the fact that the school treats its teachers as disposable (one classroom had 6 teachers cycle out over the year) and only sees students through the scores they get on their tests was greatly upsetting to me. When I interviewed for Ascend, I was upfront that I had not taught in a classroom. I asked to be an associate teacher working under another teacher and to have regular training. They agreed to this, but when the time came, I taught 6 classes with 25 - 30 five to seven year olds in each. I was in charge of teaching science, a subject I had never taught, and implementing a curriculum based on Ascends' expectations. Moreover, I was joining in January, replacing another teacher. The training was minimal and by the time I understood what I was supposed to be doing at Ascend, they were already reviewing who they wanted to return for next year. I was not surprised or exceptionally upset when they told me I was not being asked back, but the way they treated teachers far more skilled than I was, was incredibly disheartening. Overall, I am reviewing Ascend because their style of education isn't something most people would want. They advertise "joy" and "boundless choice" but they do not lead their school that way.

    Bushwick Ascend Middle School - highschools - Updated September 2026

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