News Archive from 2004 – 2016. See our latest news here.
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2016
- FOX 61
Amistad Academy Orchestrates Kids’ Futures in the Orchestra Room
11/16/16
- Chalkbeat
First Person: ‘I was the kid who didn’t speak English’
10/13/16 - New Haven Register
Achievement First Grows Operations With $2.5 Million Smilow Gift
9/30/16 - WPRI 12 Eyewitness News
Recently-Opened Providence Charter School Already Making Strides
9/2/16 - Hartford Courant
Charter School Made All the Difference For Me
8/20/16 - FOX 61
Despite the Heat, Hartford Students Ready for a New School Year
8/17/16 - FOX 61
New Haven College Signing Day Puts an Emphasis on Academics
5/26/16 - NBC Connecticut
First Hartford Charter High School About to Graduate First Class
5/23/16 - FOX 61
New Haven Public School Honored for 100% College Acceptance Rate
4/26/16 - FOX 61
New Haven Schools Achieve With Distinction Despite the Odds
3/7/15 - Brooklyn News 12
What’s Cool at School: Mandatory Musical Theater
(password: noexcuses)
1/20/16
- FOX 61
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2015
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Brooklyn Parent: Charter School Helped My Children
7/1/15 - Christian Science Monitor
Changing How Teachers Are Taught: A Bid to Transform Education
6/16/15 - NBC Connecticut
New Achievement First Amistad High Dedicated
6/5/15 - WTNH (ABC)
Achievement First Amistad High’s New Building Dedicated
6/4/15 - FOX CT
Amistad High School Dedicated in New Haven
6/4/15 - New York Daily News
Brooklyn Middle School Teacher is a Ray of ‘Sun’ Shine for Her Pupils
5/31/15 - NBC NY
Brooklyn Teacher Awarded Prestigious Fishman Prize
5/29/15 - FOX CT
New Haven Charter School Celebrates 100 Percent Acceptance for Graduates
5/20/15 - News 12
East New York 8th-Graders Learn Japanese
5/6/15 - New York Daily News
Charter School Operator Achievement First Receives Record 21,000 Applications For Only 1,000 Seats
5/1/15 - New Haven Magazine
Putting Achievement First
3/1/15 - Providence Business News
Achievement First to Open Second Elementary School
2/24/15 - Providence Journal
Achievement First to Open Another Charter School in Providence
2/23/15 - Hartford Courant
Laura Lokitis Says Coaching Boys Hoop Team Is No Big Deal
2/16/15 - New Haven Independent
The School of the Future Gets a Dry Run
1/30/15 - NBC News
How Letter Writing is Helping Fathers Reach Their Sons
1/19/15
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle
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2014
- NBC Connecticut
Thousands Rally for Better Schools in Connecticut
12/3/14 - New York Post
Special-Ed Success: Making Hope Real For My Son
11/30/14 - Brooklyn News 12
Local School Creates ‘Letters to Our Sons’ Program
(password: noexcuses)
11/26/14 - U.S. News & World Report
Raising the Bar: Embracing Common Core Will Not Be Easy, But it Will Be Worth It
11/7/14 - Harvard Education Letter
Charters and Districts (Begin to) Collaborate
10/24/14 - Fox 5 New York
Brooklyn High School Students Build Robots
10/9/14 - New York Daily News
Kids in Tough Brooklyn Neighborhoods Getting World-Class STEM Education
10/7/14 - NBC Connecticut
Making the Grade: AF Amistad High
9/17/14 - One Day Magazine
What’s Best for Kids
8/28/14 - Education Week
Camp Inspires Middle School Students to Design App that Helps Charities
8/15/14 - New Haven Register
School Administrators Take Their Turn to Graduate in New Haven
6/26/14 - New Haven Register
New Haven Classmates at AF Amistad High Will Attend Yale
6/8/14 - Chalkbeat New York
Years after Common Core’s Arrival, Reading Overhauls Continue at Top Charter Networks
6/2/14 - NBC Connecticut
Fair Haven Teen Headed to Yale
5/21/14 - Hartford Courant
U.S. News’ 20 Best High Schools in Connecticut
4/24/14 - NBC Connecticut
Elm City College Prep Makes Learning Fun
3/12/14 - Chalkbeat New York
Charter School CEOs Head to New York for Advice on Running Networks
3/6/14 - New Haven Independent
Toni Harp & “Toni Harp” Take History’s Stage
3/3/14 - NBC Connecticut
Mayor Visits Amistad Academy
2/28/14 - WZMX
Founding Principal Benjamin Cruse Discusses AF Summit Middle
2/12/14 - Epoch Times
Rents Could Cost New York Charter Schools Students’ Success
1/31/14 - NBC Connecticut
New Middle School to Open in Hartford This Summer
1/29/14 - New Haven Independent
City’s Charter Network Hires San Francisco Firm to Design The K-8 Public School of the Future
1/23/14 - News 12
Wolf Conservatory Center’s Arctic Wolf Visits Achievement First Crown Heights Middle School
1/17/14
- NBC Connecticut
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2013
- News 12
AF Endeavor Elementary Reading Role Model Day
(Password: noexcuses)
12/20/13 - Betabeat
Brooklyn High Schoolers Learn to Code
12/13/13 - News 8
Touching Display of Sportsmanship at State Cross Country Meet
10/31/13 - ABC 6
Providence Mayoral Academy Celebrates Successful Opening
10/25/13 - WPRO
Ribbon Cutting Held at New Mayoral Academy
10/25/13 - News 12
Some Bridgeport Students Take Dads to Class
10/17/13 - GothamSchools
Achievement First Parents Are Among Network’s New Teachers
9/24/13 - Providence Journal
Achievement First Transforms Providence Middle School into ‘Warm Strict, Warm Demanding’ Charter
9/7/13 - NBC Connecticut
Making the Grade: Alexandria Blackwood
9/4/13 - News 12
New Achievement First Bridgeport Academy Middle School and Elementary School Students Get Early Start
8/15/13 - New Haven Register
Common Core Gives Gift of Clarity, Feedback
6/5/13 - News 8
Charter School Celebrates All Seniors Going to College
5/29/13
- Daily Challenge
Brooklyn Students Celebrate Their Achievement at Senior Signing Day
5/24/13 - Providence Journal
Good Charter-School News
4/23/13 - Providence Journal
Two Charter Schools Given Go-Ahead
4/10/13 - New Haven Independent
Obama Joins MLK on Dixwell
3/21/13 - Providence Journal
Trying to Get In
3/10/13 - Providence en Español
Achievement First celebra su primera lotería
3/8/13 - Providence Journal
City Children Hit it Big in Lottery for New Achievement First School
3/5/13 - Rhode Island Public Radio
Charter School Applications Rise 20 Percent
3/5/13
- WPRI
1,150 vied for 176 charter school seats
3/4/13 - The Valley Breeze Newspapers
Achievement First Selects 176 Students From 1,150 Applicants
3/4/13 - Providence Journal
Mayoral Academy to Open in Perry School
3/2/13 - The Valley Breeze Newspapers
Providence City Council Approves New Facility for Achievement First
2/26/13
- The Valley Breeze Newspapers
Achievement First Names Morgan Carter Principal
2/19/13
- Cranston Herald (and sister paper Warwick Beacon)
Deadline Approaching for Mayoral Academy Applicants
2/13/13 - Providence Journal
Providence Charter School Hires Principal
2/12/13 - Providence En Español
Achievement First se suma al distrito escolar de Providence
2/8/13
- WPRI
Achievement First to Spend $10M Renovating Closed Providence School
2/7/13 - The Valley Breeze Newspapers
Achievement First Sees Big Surge in Applications
2/5/13 - PBS NewsHour
A Checklist to Keep Good Teachers in the Classroom
2/4/13 - PBS NewsHour
Improving Achievement with Focus on Scholarly Expectations
2/4/13 - WPRO-FM
“Achievement First” Public Charter Schools Coming to Rhode Island
2/3/13 - Connecticut Post
D-o-g Helps Kids with Reading, Self-Esteem
1/22/13 - NBC Connecticut
Making the Grade: Achievement First Hartford High
1/17/13
- News 12
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2012
- Hartford Courant
Gateses Give Hartford School Efforts A $5 Million Boost
12/5/12 - New Haven Independent
Charter School Earns Distinction
12/1/12 - SchoolBook
Students Use Debate to Master the Issues
10/17/12 - Fast Company
Charter Schools Charge Forth Finding Innovation in Education
10/15/12 - Slate
Can Public Schools Really Change?
9/27/12 - NBC Connecticut
Making the Grade: Amistad Academy
8/29/12 - New York Post
Thousands of Charter School Kids across the City Return to Class
8/21/12 - Connecticut Post
First Day of School at Achievement First
8/17/12 - The New York Times
Using Video to Teach Washington Teachers
8/15/12 - New Haven Register
High Expectations as Students Return to New Haven’s Elm City College Prep Elementary
8/13/12 - Christian Science Monitor
Back to School: How to Measure a Good Teacher
8/12/12 - New Haven Register
Summer Learning Goes High-tech at New Haven’s Amistad Academy
7/25/12 - New Haven Independent
Lacrosse Goes Urban
6/11/12 - Connecticut Post
Achievement First Shows off Improvements
5/31/12 - New Haven Register
Seniors at Achievement First Amistad High School in New Haven Announce School Picks
5/24/12 - 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 First 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 - WNYC
Teachers Trade Tips on Teaching MLK
1/13/12
- Hartford Courant
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2011
- 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
- New Haven Independent
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2010
- 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
- TIME
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2009
- 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
- Connecticut Post
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2008
- Hartford Courant
It’s Cool to Learn
10/20/2008
- Hartford Courant
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2007
- 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
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2006
- The New York Times Magazine
What it Takes to Make a Student
11/26/2006 - Teacher Magazine
Greater Expectations
05/01/2006
- The New York Times Magazine
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2004
- Education World
Who Are We Proud to Be? Amistad Academy
09/09/2004
- Education World