Early Monday, 133 students arrived for their first day of school at Worcester Cultural Academy. It was not just the first day for students, but the first day for the charter school.

Worcester Cultural Academy is projecting that 40 additional students will enroll in its second year, costing the public school district an additional $800,000, and bringing the total tuition bill ...

Worcester Cultural Academy submitted a proposal to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to create a free public charter school in Worcester that would open in August ...

WORCESTER — The new Worcester Cultural Academy charter school will hold classes in two buildings owned by the Diocese of Worcester this fall, at the former sites of St. Joseph’s School and the ...

Worcester Cultural Academy submitted a proposal to the department to create a free public charter school in Worcester that would open in August 2023 for Kindergarten through 4th-grade students and ...

Stacey Luster, a founding member of Worcester Cultural Academy, said WPS has “taken a turn in the wrong direction.” “Recruiting and retaining diverse educators has been put on the back burner.

Tuesday's critics also argued that Worcester Cultural Academy leaders have little expertise in serving English learners — who make up 30.4 percent of the students in the Worcester Public Schools.

Worcester Cultural Academy, which would eventually serve 360 students in grades K-8, would be the second charter school run by the outdoor history museum that recreates a 19th-century New England ...