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Stepping Up badge 2016
December 9 2016

AchieveMpls Ranks #3 in National Study of K-12 Education Foundations

AchieveMpls Media Release

“Stepping Up: The Top K-12 Education Foundations in the Nation” ranks AchieveMpls among the top 5 in the nation for two consecutive years

CEO Danielle Grant
December 8 2016

Achieve 101 at Washburn High School

Twenty community members joined us at our Washburn Career & College Center to learn how they can help students get ready for careers and post-secondary education.

STEP-UP Achieve supervisor and intern
December 6 2016

STEP-UP Now Accepting Applications for Summer Internships

STEP-UP is one of the country’s premiere youth employment programs, serving Minneapolis youth who face some of the greatest barriers to employment, including youth from low income families, youth of color, youth from recent immigrant families, and youth with disabilities. 

Todd Klingel
November 9 2016

Todd Klingel Memorial Gifts to STEP-UP Youth Employment Program

AchieveMpls has lost one of its dearest friends and strongest champions with the death of Todd Klingel, former President and CEO of the Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce. 

North High Girls Who Code group
November 3 2016

Closing the technology gender gap

by Southwest Journal 

Girls Who Code CEO Reshma Saujani - our 2016 Education Partners Luncheon keynote speaker - is trying to get more girls into computer-related fields. She's profiled in this story by reporter Nate Gotlieb.