Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Robertson Foundation Gifts $25M to Success Academy Charter School Network
Success Academy, the high-performing but polarizing charter school network, said on Tuesday that it had received a $25 million gift, its largest ever, from the hedge fund billionaire Julian H. Robertson.
Success said that Mr. Robertson’s gift would help it achieve its goal of expanding to 100 schools, from 34, within the next 10 years, as well as allow the network to share its curriculum and pedagogy with other educators...