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STEP-UP Achieve student at the University of Minnesota

STEP-UP Summer Jobs Application

STEP-UP applications are due Friday, February 3! Complete your application on-line or download to your computer.

Somali refugee promotes Minneapolis jobs program in D.C.

by Jim Spencer, Star Tribune
Fri January 06, 2012

Thousands of miles separate the White House from the Ethiopian and Kenyan refugee camps where Hashim Yonis once lived. He was in Washington to help promote Minneapolis' jobs and mentoring program, called STEP-UP. The program, which operates in partnership with AchieveMpls, brings together businesses, nonprofit groups and public agencies to find jobs and professional role models for poor young people at risk of dropping out of school or struggling to find employment.

U.S. Education Secretary flogs college goal

by Steve Brandt, Star Tribune
Sat January 21, 2012

South High, which draws many middle class students to its open and liberal arts programs, led the city in 2010 figures with 70 percent of students entering college the fall after graduation. It also had help from an award-winning counseling staff, including AchieveMpls Career & College Coordinator Anne Erickson.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan wowed by South High student enthusiasm

by Beth Hawkins, MinnPost
Fri January 20, 2012

That sudden shift in the barometric pressure you might have felt at about 11:37 this morning? That was the achievement gap narrowing perceptibly in one swift moment. In Minnesota to talk college and career readiness with a host of notables, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan hosted a town hall meeting at Minneapolis' South High School.

Kids in hats

MPS School Funds

You can make a gift to your Minneapolis public school fund through AchieveMpls, which manages dedicated accounts for each school.

CCC Director Arnise Roberson

Career & College Center Video

Go behind the scenes to learn how our AchieveMpls Career & College Centers are impacting the lives and futures of MPS high school students.