The Academy NJ

07/24/2026

Summer wouldn’t be the same without trips to the creek. Found: 4 shark teeth!

07/09/2026

We are back with our volunteers and our furry friends!!

06/19/2026

An incredible day celebrating these amazing kids. Thank you for an amazing year!!

06/19/2026

Excited for our last day of school Moving Up Ceremony!!!

05/25/2026

05/10/2026

04/23/2026

Annual Earth Day Trash Cleanup!

04/21/2026

Please consider supporting the fundraiser by our students @ The Academy HS to help teens and young adults with mental health challenges. thank you - - Share share share!

The Academy HS Supports JED

04/20/2026

Our Founding Executive Director, Ann Gradman, is featured in Episode 05 of Insured to Fail EDU.

In this powerful conversation, Ann shares her perspective after 25 years in education and discusses why traditional systems often fall short for students who learn differently—and what we can do instead.

At The Academy NJ, we believe students don’t need to “fit” a system—the environment should be built to support how they learn. This episode highlights the importance of confidence, individualized support, and true access to education.

🎧 Listen here: https://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/cV3GR8pRu2b

EPISODE 05
When Educators Build What Students Need
with Ann Gradman
https://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/cV3GR8pRu2b

🧠 In this episode, Founding Partner, Ann Gradman shifts the conversation from what’s broken to what’s possible. Through the lens of an educator who stepped outside the system after 25 years, we explore the mindset shift required to truly support students who learn differently - moving away from sameness, grades, and “catching up,” toward progress, safety, and confidence. At the center is a hard truth: we’re just not structuring or able to access environments to match how they learn. This is where partnership becomes critical. Districts cannot do this alone at scale, and families should not be forced to carry the burden. Real access will require intentional collaboration between public systems and specialized programs that are already demonstrating what works. This is a conversation about redefining expectations, rebuilding confidence, and creating pathways to access education.

Ann is the Founding Executive Director of ⁠⁠ Academy NJ⁠⁠ school in Holmdel, New Jersey, and the founder of ⁠⁠ Literacy & Learning⁠⁠ where she leads literacy-focused evaluations and instruction.

Insured to Fail EDU - Listeners Network

04/19/2026

When we build environments that actually meet students where they are, everything changes.
Proud to be part of this conversation about what’s possible in education.

🎙️This one is different, and it drops early this week.

We're talking with Founding Partner, Ann Gradman. If you’ve been in the fight to access education, you’re going to feel this one.

Ann has built both a school The Academy NJ and a tutoring program Anchor Literacy & Learning focused on students with dyslexia, ADHD, and other nontraditional learning profiles - students the system often misses.

We’re talking about what happens when educators are free to build the environment/support students need - what that looks like - and what it reveals about everything we’ve been told to accept.

Insured to Fail EDU - Listeners Network
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