PRESS RELEASES

March 2, 2023

New Schools for Alabama

Bloomberg Philanthropies and New Schools for Alabama today announced the launch of Summer Boost in Birmingham in the summer of 2023.

August 10, 2022

New Schools for Alabama

New Schools for Alabama (NSFA) has selected Miriam Moore and Dr. Calandra Sales as the third cohort of its School Founders Program, a highly-selective yearlong fellowship for aspiring charter school founders in Alabama.

March 8th, 2022

New Schools for Alabama

New Schools for Alabama has selected Freedom Preparatory Academy, Alabama Aerospace & Aviation High School, and Nixon Elementary School, a conversion charter school in Montgomery Public Schools as the recipients of our 2022 Charter School Program (CSP) Grant. Grantees will receive a three-year grant for the maximum amount of $1,500,000.

MAY 13, 2021

New Schools for Alabama

New Schools for Alabama has selected three new charter schools as recipients of its 2021 Alabama Charter School Program (CSP) Grant Competition. Empower Community Charter School and Phalen Leadership Academies—Bellingrath Middle School will receive a three-year grant of $1,500,000, Ivy Classical Academy will receive a three-year grant of $1,000,000 to support the launch of new, high-quality charter schools in Alabama.

AUG. 28, 2020

New Schools for Alabama

New Schools for Alabama is profiled by Bellwether Education Foundation and National Alliance for Public Charter Schools for CSP Grant and Charter Growth in Alabama for its support of charter schools in the state.

JUL. 31, 2020

New Schools for Alabama Selects $1,500,000 Charter School Grant Recipients

New Schools for Alabama has selected four new charter schools as recipients of its 2020 Alabama Charter School Program (CSP) Grant Competition. Each school will receive a three-year grant of $1,500,000 to support the launch of a new, high-quality charter school in Alabama. The recipients are Accel Day & Evening Academy Middle School, LIFE Academy, Breakthrough Charter School, and Magic City Acceptance Academy. Each is slated to open in the fall of 2021.

JUL. 1, 2020

School Founders Program 2nd Cohort Selected

New Schools for Alabama has selected Anthony Oliver and Ruben Morris as the second cohort of its School Founders Program, a highly-selective yearlong fellowship for aspiring charter school founders in Alabama.