Real Success Academy! All 8th graders at Harlem charter school pass ‘advanced’ history exam

This Success Academy really lived up to its name. Every eighth-grader at the Success Academy Harlem West Middle charter school passed an “Advanced Placement” world history exam that is typically only taken by high-performing high school students. Of the 47 eighth graders at the school, 89% even scored at a higher level 4 or 5, while the remaining 11% got a passing grade of 3. Success Academy students taking “Advanced Placement” exams at the Javits Center in Manhattan in May. Success Academy “I’m really proud of the kids. It’s an incredible accomplishment,” said Success Academy Harlem West history teacher Luke Mitchell, whose students excelled on the exam that’s typically taken in 10th grade. Some 77% of Mitchell’s students are from low-income families, with 70% black and 28% Hispanic. Hunt