Mahogany is a sophomore at AF Amistad High in New Haven. Every morning, when I get up and iron my clothes, I watch the news. I was shocked by…

More than a year ago, I wrote about the then-recent tragedies in Baton Rouge, Falcon Heights, and Dallas and the need to affirm that white privilege…

  We are outraged—and committed to action. The Administration’s decision to rescind Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) in six…

To Our AF Team & Family, Friends and Partners,We spent the weekend as likely many of you did – watching and reading with increasing alarm about…

Jasmine Jeffers is a member of our development team at AF Network Support. There are plenty of spreadsheets and reports that speak to the…

Dacia Toll is co-CEO of Achievement First, Richard Barth is CEO of KIPP Foundation, and Brett Peiser is CEO of Uncommon Schools. In the “skinny…

At Achievement First, our values drive everything we do. We’re an organization that has social justice and equity at our core, so we approach Black…

Members of our AF family share their experiences standing up for equality for all at the Women’s March on Washington. After climbing through…