Secret recording shows Success Academy CEO pressuring staff to lobby for charter schools

WNYC News | Sep 18, 2025

The founder of Success Academy, New York City’s largest network of charter schools, admonished several hundred employees this week during an “emergency meeting” for failing to lobby elected officials in sufficient numbers ahead of a march over the Brooklyn Bridge on Thursday.

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