by DREAM | Aug 31, 2023 | Mission and impact
Earlier this month, DREAM celebrated its 2023 Teachers of the Year at the annual Dream Big Institute, an all-staff celebration of the past year’s biggest wins, and a kick-off gathering to prepare for the coming school year. Read on to learn more about the 2023...
by Richard Berlin | Aug 29, 2023 | Mission and impact
In New York City, a public charter school network that I have the honor of co-leading recently opened an unusually beautiful new campus in the Mott Haven section of the South Bronx. It’s located in a 200,000-square foot, century-old former icehouse meticulously...
by DREAM | Dec 9, 2022 | Mission and impact
Over the past 30 years, DREAM has grown from a scrappy little league on a vacant lot to a charter school network that serves thousands of PreK-12 students throughout East Harlem and the South Bronx. When you’ve been around that long, something special starts to...
by Felicia Crump | Sep 28, 2021 | Mission and impact
My name is Felicia Crump, and I’m DREAM’s Chief Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Officer. I’ve been with DREAM for 11 years total. In fact, I started as one of DREAM’s first employees back in 2003 (my first job out of college) before I rejoined the organization in...
by DREAM | Apr 14, 2021 | Mission and impact
Thirty years ago, a dream was born on what The New York Times once called “the worst block in New York City.” That first, endless dream—that the youth of our communities have a safe, beautiful place to play, learn, and grow—blossomed from a scruffy baseball league...
