Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! We love our teachers year ’round, but we’re especially excited when we get the chance to step back and celebrate them…

14-year-old Julie, a student at AF Bridgeport Academy Middle, is involved with local civic engagement groups such as Bridgeport Generation Now and…

Day of Silence, observed this year on Friday, April 27, is a student-led national event where scholars take a vow of silence to highlight the erasure…

Can kids get passionate about learning — and develop the persistence to follow where it leads? One school has a plan By: Brenda Iasevoli The…

“Climb the mountain to college!” As a 10-year-old kid going to Achievement First Crown Heights Middle School, I remember hearing that a…

What’s it like to be an AF principal? How did our AF principals get their start? We find out all of that and more when we sit down with AF Summit…

At AF, being yourself is always in fashion. For AF Fashion Week, we celebrate the teachers and leaders who make up the fabric of Achievement First.…

We asked scholars like Ma’Leiah to tell us about some of their Black heroes from the past and present. Check out their stories! “I really like Mae…