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«Network Support Careers at Achievement First,» from Achievement First Public Charter Schools website.

Pryor's choice for the job, Morgan Barth, reports that he was a founding teacher at Achievement First's Elm City Preparatory Academy in New Haven and then went on to serve as principal there and then a principal at Achievement First Bridgeport's Middle School.

In November, we partnered with Kathy Hamel at Charter School Growth Fund, Sajan George at Matchbook Learning, Paige McLean at Achievement First Charter Network Accelerator, and Ben Rayer to bring together more than 30 operators who have either committed to restarting struggling schools or are interested in exploring the opportunity.

However, Morgan Barth's employment with Achievement First pre-dated the legislative change meaning that Barth was illegally serving as a teacher and / or administrator at Achievement First Elm City.

The news means that the time he spent working at Achievement First, Inc. prior to July 1, 2010 was in direct violation of Connecticut state law.

Before joining Mass Insight, Holland served as College Office Director at Achievement First's Amistad High School in New Haven; she has a B.A. from Colorado College and will be getting an M.A. this summer in Organizational Leadership from Columbia University.

«I finally found myself at Achievement First; I feel like I would become way more successful if I went to Amistad for high school.»

Jaida, an eighth grader at Achievement First Bridgeport Academy Middle School, has found a home, and her authentic self, through school.

At Achievement First's high school in Brooklyn's Bedford - Stuyvesant neighborhood (a high school shared with Uncommon Schools; remember what I said about these networks sharing important stuff?)

Lacking the certification necessary to teach or work in a Connecticut school, Morgan Barth had already spent eight years illegally teaching and working at Achievement First, Inc..

Put another way, an estimated 11.7 percent of kindergartners and first - graders at Achievement First Hartford Academy were suspended last year an average of 5.4 times each.

At Achievement First's Hartford high school, «Rolling one's eyes at a teacher will get a freshman sent to the school's Reorientation Room where...» they get the extra culture they need.

There is a similar pattern in Hartford, where 93 % of public schools students qualify for free or reduced lunches compared to 68 % at Achievement First's Harford Academy and 72 % at the Jumoke Academy charter school.

In Hartford, where over 17 % of public school students are non-English proficient (ELL), the percent of ELL students at Achievement First's Harford Academy is less than 5 % and there are literally no ELL students at the Jumoke Academy charter school.

At Achievement First, we have made a commitment to take on the challenge of innovating.

While one in five Hartford students qualify as England Language Learners, less than 5 percent of the students at Achievement First — Hartford face language barriers and the percent of special education students at Achievement First — Hartford is half of what the Hartford public schools have.

A new federal civil rights agreement aims to get better and more appropriate services for children with disabilities who have been continually suspended or excluded from class at Achievement First Hartford Academy Middle School for disciplinary reasons.

You can learn more about diversity at Achievement First here:

Interestingly, Morgan Barth, who illegally taught and served as an administrator at Achievement First, Inc. for six years before becoming Commissioner Pryor's «Turnaround Director» is a close relative of Barth and Kopp.

While the percent of students labeled proficient in at Achievement First New Haven was slightly better than its sister school in Hartford, less than 50 % percent of Amistad Academy's 6th, 7th and 8th grade students were deemed to be «proficient.»

A lawsuit was filed in federal court on behalf of five students at Achievement First Crown Heights, claiming that the charter school did not provide mandated services «and were punished for behavior that arose from their disabilities.»

Last week, students at Achievement First's Amistad High School in New Haven staged a mass walkout to protest racial insensitivity and harsh discipline.

Instead the problem of racial isolation has increased not decreased at Achievement First schools and at a number of other charter schools.

The media reports astronomical suspension rates at Achievement First schools, including the fact that it suspends kindergarteners at rates up to 15 times higher than in neighboring public schools, and the co-CEOs say the news was a «wake up call» and «created a tough week» for their management team?

After that, he served as a founding ELA teacher at UP Academy Boston, as an Academic Dean at Achievement First in New Haven, and most recently as the ELA director of Match's Teacher Launch Project.

In Bridgeport, where 99 % of the city's public school students qualify for free or reduced lunches, according to the data provided to the State Department of Education, the number of students who meet that standard at Achievement First's Bridgeport Academy is more than 30 points percentage points lower.

Barth is the former Achievement First Inc. employee who, with no state certification, illegally taught and worked at Achievement First for at least six years before Achievement First's lobbyists managed to get the law changed to allow charter schools to have up to 30 % of their teaching and administrative staff be non-certified.

On Oct. 4, the Courant reported that «only one student has been suspended so far at the Achievement First Hartford Academy Elementary School.»

It was only recently that Pryor decided to resign his position as a Director at Achievement First.

Achievement First Bridgeport will go from 410 in 2010 - 2011 to 672 in 2012 - 2013 and smaller expansions will be taking place at Achievement First Amistad Academy and at Achievement First's Elm City College Preparatory school.

It's of Eric Snider, who teachers English at Achievement First Bushwick Middle School and who is a TLAC Fellow.

An even more dramatic comparison: The incidence of suspension of kindergartners and first graders at Achievement First Hartford Academy last year was an estimated nine times the rate in Hartford public schools.

The proposal states that one paid year - long residency will be at an Achievement First charter school; the other will be at a Hartford Public School.

At Achievement First, 80 percent of the kids are the first in their families to graduate from college.

While it is early in this school year, a spokeswoman said that as of late last week, only one student has been suspended so far at the Achievement First Hartford Academy Elementary School.

Jalayah completed the school year at Achievement First, but Cochrane said it was clear that she needed more resources than the charter school could offer.

On Feb. 28, 2018, The Connecticut Post published an op - ed by Shaliyah Patnelli, an eighth - grade student at Achievement First Bridgeport Academy, which mentioned ConnCAN:

At Achievement First Bridgeport Academy, only 66 % are eligible for free / reduced price lunch, 6 % are English Language Learners, only 6 % come from homes where English is not the primary language and only 8 % receive special education services.

Kaylani Rosado, who entered Achievement First's Amistad Academy in New Haven in fifth grade, now works as a behavioral specialist at Achievement First Hartford High School.

I have been working at Achievement First since I graduated from college and have recently begun my role as a behavioral specialist at Achievement First Hartford High School.

Who are the social workers and psychologists at Achievement First, Inc.?

>> Job posted by On - Ramps — March 26, 2012, New Haven, CT, US Associate Director of External Relations at Achievement First Achievement First is a charter school management organization started in July 2003 by the leaders of AmistadAcademy, a high performing charter school in New Haven, CT..

are NOT dealt with as they are at an Achievement First «public» charter school.

Before coming home to southern California to found Collegiate, Ms. Jackson taught grades 9 through 11 as Dean of College at Achievement First Brooklyn High School in New York City.

Teaching at Achievement First is an...

In Hartford, 18 percent of students are not fluent in English; at Achievement First, 4.8 percent.

At least at Achievement First Hartford Academy, many parents are immigrants, and they're doing whatever they can to ensure that their kids go to college and lead successful lives.

Before joining Pryor at the State Department, Barth served as the other principal at Achievement First Bridgeport.

«The incidence of suspension of kindergartners and first graders at Achievement First Hartford Academy last year was an estimated nine times the rate in Hartford public schools.

Meanwhile, more on the «Shocking Numbers Of Kindergarten, First Grade Suspensions» at Achievement First Schools