BRIDGEPORT -- Lesson one for Achievement First Bridgeport's eighth-grade class on the first day of school Thursday was a peek at the ground they need to cover this year. While the class of 58 students ...

Achievement First is a non-profit charter school network headquartered in Brooklyn, New York. It was founded in 2003 by a group of educators who wanted to provide high-quality education to students in ...

Achievement First operates a network of 32 high-performing college-preparatory, K-12 public charter schools in Connecticut, Rhode Island and New York City. In keeping with its name, the network is ...

A co-founder of the Achievement First charter school network will move on to another job — at a time when its controversial model of “no excuses” schooling is being reconsidered. Doug McCurry, the ...

Three local school districts within the Achievement First charter network are on probation, after repeatedly violating the state’s ground rules for operating a public school. The Connecticut State ...

NEW HAVEN — Richard Buery, CEO of the Achievement First charter school network with its flagship school in New Haven, announced he has accepted a position with the anti-poverty New York City nonprofit ...

NEW HAVEN >> Joel Smilow, the New Haven-based philanthropist, says charter schools are “a very important sector” for philanthropists like himself. Smilow said he knows he can influence the future and ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — This month, the first class to go through the Achievement First Providence Mayoral Academy Middle School will be starting the school year with a class of fifth graders, on ...

BRIDGEPORT -- Letters have been mailed this week to preschools and day-care centers in the city announcing that 84 kindergarten seats will be available this fall in the new elementary classes at ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I., (WJAR) — In a Monday morning meeting, the Board of Directors for charter school organization Achievement First approved Mayor Jorge Elorza's request to expand to 3,000 seats. Elorza ...

At Achievement First Amistad High School in New Haven, achievement isn’t just in the name. Three young men have done something remarkable. “It’s very rare,” said Attallah Sheppard, dean of College ...