News Highlights

Connecticut Post
Keila Torres Ocasio: Be 'The Man' to your Kid
5/6/12

New Haven Independent
Future Principal Tackles Hallway Hangouts
5/2/12

New Haven Register
She's the 1st Student from AF Amistad High Accepted to Yale
4/26/12

New Haven Independent
"Future Leaders" Groomed for Principal Jobs
4/10/12

New Haven Register
New Grading System at New Haven's AF Amistad High School has Student Writing Improving
3/22/12

The Hartford Courant
Hartford School Board Approves Expanding Achievement First Charter School to Grades 9-12
1/18/12

WNYC
Teachers Trade Tips on Teaching MLK
1/13/12

New Haven Independent
Aspiring City Principals Dispatched to Amistad
11/21/11

The Providence Journal
Conn. Charter School Impresses Chafee
9/29/11

The New York Times
Shortchanged by the Bell
8/22/11

Cranston Herald
Building a Partnership to Improve Education
8/17/11

New Haven Independent
Past Meets Future at "Amistadized" Dwight
8/16/11

Providence Journal
What Achievement First Has Achieved
7/17/11

New York Daily News

Two City Teachers Picked for First-Ever 'Jeopardy!' Teachers' Tournament

4/27/11

WNYC
I'll Take 'New York City Public Schools' For $500
4/27/11

The News-Times
Danbury Takes a Lesson at Amistad Charter School
3/7/11

TIME
Charter Schools: The Good Ones Aren't Flukes (or Cherrypickers)
10/14/10

Connecticut Post
Young Students Will Be Pioneers at Their New Schools
08/22/10

New York Post
Scores: A Wake-Up Call For NY Schools
By Doug McCurry and Dacia Toll
08/09/10

Forbes Magazine

What Educators Are Learning From Money Managers
05/20/10

Connecticut Post
Achievement First Adding Kindergarten Classes
01/07/2010

Connecticut Post
Bridgeport Charter School At The Head Of The Class In Student Gains
12/26/2009

New Haven Register
The Amistad Revolution: Model To Be Expanded To Other Grades
05/10/2009

Hartford Courant
Clear Choice: Invest In Schools, Or Prisons
02/14/2009

Hartford Courant
It's Cool To Learn
10/20/2008

The New York Times
Students At Risk? He Can Help. He's Been There.
05/06/2007

Connecticut Magazine
Straight A's
04/23/2007

The New York Times Magazine
What It Takes To Make A Student
11/26/2006

Teacher Magazine
Greater Expectations
05/01/2006

Education World
Who Are We Proud To Be? Amistad Academy
09/09/2004