KidBlog founder Matt Hardy was featured speaker at the inaugural EDTalks, a new public education conversation sponsored by AchieveMpls, The Citizen's League, DRIVE Emerging Leaders, Twin Cities Public Television and Young Educational Professionals of the Twin Cities. Presentation filmed by Twin Cities Public Television (TPT).

Hundreds of Minneapolis Public School students fail to get federal college aid each year because of difficulties completing the FAFSA federal aid form. As part of a national FAFSA campaign, AchieveMpls and MPS are providing workshops for students and families to help them complete the form and connect to additional financial aid resources. This video segment was featured on MPS School Matters and produced by iDreamTV.

STEP-UP is one of the country's top youth employment programs, providing great work-readiness training, on-the-job skills and professional mentoring that helps you take solid steps toward your future career. Check out our new video and learn how you can become a STEP-UP Achieve employer! Our deadline for 2013 internship applications has now passed.

As the leading corporate investor in the Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS), the Cargill Foundation has accelerated its support of MPS with grants totaling nearly $5 million over three years. This video segment was featured on MPS School Matters and produced by iDreamTV.

AchieveMpls brings Real Life Connections speakers from local businesses and organizations into MPS high school classrooms to provide information about careers and share personal stories from their own professional paths. This video segment was featured on MPS School Matters and produced by iDreamTV.

STEP-UP Achieve Program Associate George Ellis talks about the STEP-UP summer jobs program in an interview with a reporter from the High School for Recording Arts. This interview aired on KDWB-FM in December 2011.