Xavier Beckford, nicknamed “X,” a senior at Achievement First Brooklyn High School, hit a major milestone when he scored his 1,000th point for the boys’ varsity basketball team. But this wasn’t just a ...

In front of a packed room inside the Omni Hotel in New Haven, ballerina Misty Copeland shared her story of resilience. “I was just a little girl in San Pedro, California, one of six kids raised by a ...

St. Dominic's Tyler Liautaud shoots against Achievement First Brooklyn High School’s Jahlil Murray, left, in the first half of a boys basketball game in Springfield, Mass., Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025.

In recent decades, K-12 math education has evolved significantly, shifting from rote memorization to fostering conceptual understanding and problem-solving skills. Achievement First (AF), a network of ...

GRANBY – Four years ago, Garrick Milledge was trying to figure out how to jump-start his Capital Prep/Achievement First football team. The pandemic and subsequent shutdown of sports – and the 2020 ...

The votes are in, and the two students nominated for The Providence Journal Student of the Week received high marks. But only one could be chosen for the top honor: AJ Kue of Achievement First ...