César Chávez Academy - Academia César Chávez is a K-12 public charter school in Detroit, Michigan.

[2] It is operated by The Leona Group, an operator of charter schools in Arizona, Florida, Michigan, and Ohio.

Not long after César Chávez opened, MPNE was renamed "The Leona Group" in honor of Bill Coates' mother, Leona Coates.

This name change reflected MPNE's change in focus from a quasi-public think tank/advocacy group to a privately owned, for-profit corporation.

At some point a separate Upper Elementary complex was added on Martin just south of Michigan Avenue.