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May 2013 (1)
- 13: Higher Achievement hosts Smart College Selection Workshop with Center for Student Opportunity/I’m First! (0)
April 2013 (4)
- 24: Scholar Snapshots at Richmond (0)
- 11: Join us for a Community Event on Global Youth Service Day (0)
- 11: The 2013 ‘Best of DC’ Poll Results Are In! (0)
- 10: It’s Time to Spring2ACTion!: Join Us on April 17th (0)
March 2013 (10)
- 27: Spotlight Wednesday: AmeriCorps VISTAs Laura Selvey & Laura Callow (0)
- 19: Love in Every City: Highlights from the 2013 Literary Love Poetry Performances (0)
- 19: 2013 Literary Love Poems from Higher Achievement Scholars (0)
- 15: AmeriCorps Week Spotlights: Stephany Fry & Christie Atlee (0)
- 14: AmeriCorps Week Spotlight: Sara Medina-DeVillliers (0)
- 13: AmeriCorps Week Spotlights: Madison Bannon & Kelsey Perdue (0)
- 13: Guest Blog Post by Summer Teacher Bill Gorman (0)
- 12: We Love AmeriCorps: The Importance of Community Service (0)
- 07: High School Alumni Night at the Ward 4 Achievement Center (0)
- 04: Partnership Spotlight: Ford’s Theatre (0)
February 2013 (3)
- 26: Courageous Middle Schoolers Performed Their Winning Poems at the Lansburgh Shakespeare Theatre (0)
- 21: Scholars Attend Private Film Screening at the White House (0)
- 21: Ellwood Thompson’s Local Market Celebrates Higher Achievement Richmond (0)
January 2013 (6)
- 31: Vote Higher Achievement Best Place to Volunteer! (0)
- 30: Spotlight Wednesday: Cheyenne Coote (0)
- 28: Deloitte Mock Interview Day at DC Metro (0)
- 25: Alumni Help Educate Current 7th Grade Scholars on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (0)
- 16: Spotlight Wednesday: Tyren Frazier (0)
- 09: Spotlight Wednesday: Katherine Roboff (0)
December 2012 (1)
- 18: Work It, Richmond Features Higher Achievevement (0)
November 2012 (9)
- 28: Spotlight Wednesday: Kelvin Sherman (0)
- 27: US Chamber of Commerce’s Promising Practices Program (0)
- 27: Higher Achievement Featured in the Washington Post (0)
- 27: #GivingTuesday: A New Way to Give Back (0)
- 19: Higher Achievement Listed as One of the Top 100 Most Impactful Nonprofits in the Country (0)
- 19: Higher Achievement Baltimore Receives Leadership Investment from Open Society Institute New York for the Campaign for Black Male Achievement (0)
- 14: Spotlight Wednesday: Michael J. Bobbitt (0)
- 12: Higher Achievement Tests After Zone Model in Pittsburgh (0)
- 05: A New “Cause” in DC (0)
October 2012 (6)
- 30: Weather Alert: Tuesday, October 30th (0)
- 29: Higher Achievement Alert (0)
- 22: Going Places Gala Featured in Washington Post (0)
- 19: Press Release: Going Places Gala Hits New Heights (0)
- 19: Higher Achievement Going Places Gala Featured in Washington Business Journal (0)
- 17: Media Alert: Going Places Gala Thursday, October 18 (0)
August 2012 (3)
- 30: A Day in the Life of a Higher Achievement Summer Teacher (0)
- 23: Higher Achievement Summer Academy Featured on Smarter Summer Blog (0)
- 06: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Trib Total Media cover the inaugural Pittsburgh Olympics of the Mind (0)
July 2012 (6)
- 25: Closing the Opportunity Gap for All (0)
- 24: Baltimore’s First Graduating Class Celebrates the Green Apple Awards (0)
- 24: DCPS Funds Single School Model Pilot (0)
- 09: Higher Achievement Featured on the Smarter Summers Blog (0)
- 06: Pittsburgh Opens Door to 75 New Scholars (0)
- 03: Richmond Celebrates Successful First Year with “Every Scholar Everywhere” (0)
June 2012 (2)
- 29: Make a Gift Today and Triple Your Impact! (0)
- 04: Higher Achievement Featured in Best Practices in Summer Learning Report (0)
May 2012 (7)
- 22: Higher Achievement is Family – 2012 Green Apple Awards and Graduation (0)
- 16: Higher Achievement Sponsors Author Event: No Citizen Left Behind (0)
- 14: Vote Today to Help Higher Achievement Win $50,000! (0)
- 10: A Fun Night of Mentoring, College, and Basketball (0)
- 08: Higher Achievement Partners with Teaching for Change (0)
- 03: An Alumni Spotlight: Charles View (0)
- 03: Scholars Teaching Scholars (0)
April 2012 (2)
- 30: A Day in the Life of a Higher Achievement Intern (0)
- 11: University of Richmond: Rose Ann Gutierrez, ’12 “Utang ng loob,” or indebtedness, is inspiration for community outreach (0)
March 2012 (5)
- 29: Mentoring Tips on Managing Behavior from Ms. Rana Wilson (0)
- 28: Shout-Out to Our Friends at Penn State! (0)
- 23: Higher Achievement Celebrates AmeriCorps Members (0)
- 05: Students Teach Mentor: A Lesson We Can All Learn from Children (0)
- 02: The Washington Post – Higher Achievement hosts Love Poetry performance at Kennedy Center (0)
February 2012 (7)
- 28: Capital Alumni Network and Higher Achievement Host the First Ever Basketball Clinic (0)
- 24: Building Future Leaders at the Leadership Institute (0)
- 24: Video Featuring Barbara Harman, President and Editor of The Catalogue for Philanthropy (0)
- 22: Higher Achievement applauds President Obama’s budget proposal for FY2013 (0)
- 22: Middle Schoolers Pour Out Their Hearts On Paper (0)
- 06: Higher Achievement Featured on WAMU’s Community Minute (0)
- 01: Higher Achievement Mentor Robert Zagorski is Washingtonian of the Year (0)
January 2012 (4)
- 30: 2012 Love Poetry Performances: Talent is Everywhere! (0)
- 25: January is National Mentoring Month: How We Celebrated (0)
- 17: DC Metro Tackles Trash on MLK Day (0)
- 01: Higher Achievement and The Catalogue for Philanthropy Featured on NBC4 Washington’s 12 Days of Giving (0)
December 2011 (4)
- 20: CityPaper: 70 local nonprofits that are worth your time and money (0)
- 13: Make a Difference in a Scholar’s Life (0)
- 05: Webinar: The Impact of Higher Achievement’s Year-Round Out-of-School-Time Program on Academic Outcomes (0)
- 02: Washington Life – Get Out and Give Back: “A” for Achievement (0)
November 2011 (9)
- 30: Baltimore Scholars Participate in Walk to Raise Awareness about Suicide Prevention (1)
- 30: DC Metro Holds Its Second Annual Geography Challenge (0)
- 29: Higher Achievement featured in the 2011-2012 Catalogue for Philanthropy (0)
- 29: Richmond Hosts its First Annual Geography Challenge and ThanksFest (0)
- 23: Survey to Connect with Higher Achievement DC Metro Alumni (0)
- 14: The Suzanne Keech Memorial Fund (0)
- 10: A Big Thank You to All Our Donors for Give to the Max Day (0)
- 08: Over 250 Families Attend Annual DC High School Fair hosted by GreatSchools DC and Higher Achievement (0)
- 03: ABC7 – Harris’ Heroes: Higher Achievement helps kids reach their goals (0)
October 2011 (12)
- 25: We’ve Partnered with Grockit for Good! (0)
- 24: Higher Achievement CEO Richard A. Tagle Nominated for 2011 EXCEL Award (0)
- 17: Washington Business Journal: Vornado/Charles E. Smith’s Mitchell Schear’s $1M challenge (0)
- 15: Richmond Times-Dispatch: Children’s portraits at art walk teach value of peace (0)
- 13: Press Release: DC Metro GoingPlaces! Gala (0)
- 12: Celebrating 20 years of the Freddie Mac Foundation! (0)
- 07: Groundbreaking Study Proves Impact of Higher Achievement (0)
- 07: DC Metro GoingPlaces! Gala – Thank You, Sponsors! (0)
- 06: The Power of Higher Achievement Mentors (0)
- 05: Education Week: After-School Research Continues to Show Impact (0)
- 04: Press Release: Groundbreaking Study Proves Higher Achievement’s Impact (0)
- 02: Washington Post: More ‘ideal school’ ideas (0)
September 2011 (4)
- 26: Scholars Attend a Conversation with Rapper, Actor Common (0)
- 15: Media Advisory: 4th Annual GoingPlaces! Gala (0)
- 14: Five Higher Achievement Scholars Attend International Leadership Camp in Rhode Island (0)
- 01: Andrey Vavilov, Academic Director for Russia’s Institute for Financial Studies (0)
August 2011 (5)
- 31: ABC WRIC: Superintendent’s Back-To-School Message (0)
- 25: Baltimore Scholars visit Ober|Kaler Law Offices (0)
- 25: Higher Achievement Scholars visit Pennsylvania State University (0)
- 18: Richmond Unite – We Need Your Vote! (0)
- 04: Statement on Situation at Virginia Tech (0)
July 2011 (8)
- 29: Media Alert: DC Metro Olympics of the Mind (0)
- 28: Higher Achievement and Reach for College! Launch 9th Grade Institute (0)
- 27: Higher Achievement Richmond: Ribbon Cutting Celebration (0)
- 27: 21st CCLC Summer Institute (0)
- 26: DC Metro Featured on WUSA9′s Heroes Segment (0)
- 25: Higher Achievement featured on USA9′s Heros Segment (0)
- 21: Higher Achievement Launches New After-School and Summer Learning Program in Richmond with Ribbon Cutting at Boushall Middle School (0)
- 06: One Thousand Dollar Grant from First Book for our Scholars (0)
June 2011 (2)
- 23: Walmart & Smarter Summers (0)
- 21: Happy Summer Learning Day! (0)
May 2011 (6)
- 18: The 5th Annual International Children’s Festival (0)
- 17: Advocacy Day on the Hill (0)
- 16: The Role of Research for OST Providers (0)
- 16: Middle School Innovation: Policy and Practice (0)
- 10: Media Alert: The 2011 Green Apple Awards (0)
- 08: Green Apple Awards – May 13th! (0)
April 2011 (5)
- 15: The 2011 Green Apple Awards: Above and Beyond! (0)
- 11: Why STEM is Vital for Out-of-School Time Programs (0)
- 08: Join Higher Achievement for Global Youth Service Day (0)
- 04: Make the Call Today to Save Service (0)
- 01: Save the Date – June 3! (0)
March 2011 (5)
- 21: Higher Achievement Triathletes! (0)
- 20: Join Us: 2011 Love Out Loud Performance! (0)
- 17: ACTion Alexandria (0)
- 17: Maryland Out-of-School Time Network’s Advocacy Night (0)
- 04: DC Scholars Meet Rep. Norton! (0)
February 2011 (4)
- 16: Scholars Take the Stage at the Kennedy Center! (0)
- 09: Join Us! Higher Achievement’s Sixth Annual Literary Love Poetry Performance (0)
- 07: Richmond Puts Focus on Middle Schools (0)
- 01: 2011 Literary Love Poetry Performance (0)
January 2011 (2)
- 21: National Service: An Investment We Can’t Afford to Lose (2)
- 11: Higher Achievement Honors MLK Day! (0)
December 2010 (1)
- 02: Tweet of the Day: What We’re Thankful For (0)
November 2010 (2)
- 23: Higher Achievement Thanks Fest: Ward 6 Style (0)
- 04: GoingPlaces! Benefit – A Night to Remember! (0)
October 2010 (13)
- 21: >Budget Cuts and Out-of-School Time Programs: Why We Can’t Skimp Now (0)
- 21: GoingPlaces! Benefit: Pics and More from Biznow (0)
- 20: >With today’s awards from the President’s Committee on the Arts & Humanities, four D.C. organizations in last two years have been nationally recognized (0)
- 20: White House Recognizes Two More DC Organizations! (0)
- 15: Photos of our GoingPlaces! Benefit from Washington Life (0)
- 12: Real Estate Titans Team Up With Higher Achievement (0)
- 12: >Real Estate Titans Team Up With Higher Achievement for 3rd Annual GoingPlaces! Benefit (0)
- 08: Up with People Partners with Higher Achievement (0)
- 08: Virginia Officials Help Announce Richmond Launch! (0)
- 08: >Higher Achievement Partners with Up with People! (0)
- 07: School Fair 2010 (0)
- 06: New Higher Achievement Centers Coming to Richmond (0)
- 06: >OST Funding Threatens to Divide a Community (0)
September 2010 (4)
- 27: >Higher Achievement Alumna Responds to Obama’s Recent Back-to-School Speech (0)
- 15: >Join us in Richmond this Saturday! (0)
- 09: >Alumnus Tariq West Reflects (0)
- 07: >Richard Tagle, CEO, On School Reform and Motivation……. (0)
August 2010 (11)
- 20: MSNBC Features Higher Achievement! (0)
- 18: >New Higher Achievement Centers Coming to Richmond (0)
- 16: >Higher Achievement on MSNBC (0)
- 13: >Mentoring Monday – August 16th (0)
- 10: >MSNBC to Feature Higher Achievement (0)
- 10: Join the Summer Learning Discussion! (0)
- 06: >Higher Achievement Goes to College! (0)
- 06: >Higher Achievement featured by WAMU and the Baltimore Sun! (0)
- 03: >More Olympics of the Mind Coverage! (0)
- 02: >Higher Achievement Parent a Guest on NPR (0)
- 02: >Alexandrianews.org features Higher Achievement! (0)
July 2010 (6)
- 27: >Higher Achievement E-Newsletter, July 2010 (0)
- 22: >The More Time Spent on Learning, The More Students Learn (0)
- 21: >Good News from DCPS! (0)
- 21: >DC Leaders Join Higher Achievement in Celebration of the Launch of the New Ward 8 Achievement Center (0)
- 20: >Higher Achievement Baltimore a 2010 Ravens Plan In Motion Grant Recipient! (0)
- 20: Ward 8 Ribbon Cutting – A Huge Success (0)
June 2010 (11)
- 30: >Higher Achievement CEO Serves as Guest Speaker for the Aspen Institute! (0)
- 30: >Higher Achievement CEO Joins Board of Local Non-profit (0)
- 30: >Baltimore Scholar Testifies Before Congress! (0)
- 25: >Higher Achievement to Serve More Students East of the River! (0)
- 25: >Higher Achievement is a part of another AUDACIOUS IDEA! (0)
- 22: >The Wallace Foundation Partners with Higher Achievement in Support of Summer and Extended Learning (0)
- 22: The Wallace Foundation Partners with Higher Achievement (0)
- 20: Lynsey Wood Jeffries as NGen Fellow! (0)
- 14: >This Week’s I am a DCPS Graduate: Jasmina Rivas, Higher Achievement Alumna (0)
- 14: >OSI Audacious IDEA features Ashburton! (0)
- 08: >Lynsey Wood Jeffries as 1 of 12 NGen Fellows! (0)
May 2010 (2)
- 14: >Higher Achievement Baltimore Gets Ready for Love….. (0)
- 10: Baltimore Presents….Love Out Loud!!!!! (0)
April 2010 (8)
- 30: >The First Lady Teams Up With Higher Achievement in a Day of Service (0)
- 22: Higher Achievement Testifies Before the Senate! (0)
- 22: >Higher Achievement Testifies Before the Senate! (0)
- 12: >Higher Achievement E-newsletter: April 2010 (0)
- 12: >Higher Achievement Featured in the Washington Business Journal (0)
- 10: FOX 5 is Calling All Mentors (0)
- 07: >The Cost of Quality? Priceless. (0)
- 01: >CEO, Richard Tagle Reflects……. (0)
March 2010 (6)
- 30: >Higher Achievement Named "Top 10 School" by Hopkins’ CTY (0)
- 25: >Test Scores Up in DC! (0)
- 24: >Higher Achievement Scholars on Confidence (0)
- 18: >Baltimore’s Spelling Bee a Huge S-U-C-C-E-S-S! (0)
- 17: >Higher Achievement Featured in Harvard OST Study! (0)
- 04: >Mayer Brown Hosts Mock Trial for Higher Achievement Scholars (0)
February 2010 (9)
- 26: >Higher Achievement Scholar Testifies Before the Maryland Senate (0)
- 26: >Be Spellbound by Higher Achievement Baltimore’s First Annual Spelling Bee! (0)
- 25: >Higher Achievement Spotlighted by Baltimore’s Education Channel 77 (0)
- 22: “Audacious Ideas” Promote Change in Baltimore (0)
- 22: >Higher Achievement Scholar TaShawn Miles Featured by the Open Society Institute-Baltimore (0)
- 19: >The Literary Love Poetry Performance: A Huge Success (1)
- 19: >Higher Achievement Alumna Featured by the National Campaign for Summer Learning (0)
- 16: >Teaching Algebra Before 9th Grade (0)
- 02: >Higher Achievement Featured in the Nonprofit Quarterly! (0)
January 2010 (5)
- 29: >Higher Achievement Mentor Featured by Local University (0)
- 29: >Higher Achievement Alumni Accompanies Mrs. Obama! (0)
- 27: >Memoirs of a Mentor – Shared by Sarah Pitcock, of Higher Achievement Baltimore (0)
- 19: >Remembering Who We Serve (0)
- 07: >Higher Achievement Featured by the LCCR (0)
December 2009 (5)
- 20: Higher Achievement Named “Top 10 School!” (0)
- 11: >Higher Achievement Signs on to Race to the Top Letter (0)
- 10: >Higher Achievement Alumni Gets Accepted into the Posse Program (0)
- 07: >Community Collaboration (0)
- 01: >Great Things Are Happening in Baltimore! (0)
November 2009 (6)
- 24: >Higher Achievement Enewsletter (0)
- 20: >CEO, Richard Tagle on Measuring Success (0)
- 17: >Recognizing Achievement from Beginning to End (0)
- 11: >CEO, Richard Tagle Reflects on His First Day of Mentoring (0)
- 05: >The First Lady Presents Higher Achievement with the Coming Up Taller Award (0)
- 04: Michelle Obama Honors Higher Achievement! (0)
October 2009 (6)
- 29: >Higher Achievement Applauds Gains in Baltimore (0)
- 28: >Higher Achievement Supports Request for Increased Funds to OST Programs (0)
- 27: >Higher Achievement Signs on in Support of the ASPIRE Act (0)
- 23: >Afterschool Alliance Releases New Study on the Need for Afterschool Programs (0)
- 22: >Higher Achievement Speaks Out on Core Standards (0)
- 08: GoingPlaces! 2009 – A Night to Remember! (0)
September 2009 (1)
- 10: Higher Achievement Invites you to Serve! (0)
August 2009 (1)
- 05: Olympics of the Mind Event – July 2009! (0)
June 2009 (3)
- 15: Higher Achievement CEO Featured on Education News (0)
- 02: Higher Achievement Featured on NPR! (0)
- 01: Higher Achievement Baltimore Open House (0)
May 2009 (2)
- 22: Higher Achievement Partners with Michelle Obama! (0)
- 19: 2009 Green Apple Awards – A Huge Success (0)
April 2009 (3)
- 30: The First Lady Michelle Obama Teams Up With Higher Achievement (0)
- 08: Neiman Marcus and Higher Achievement Partner Up! (0)
- 03: Case Foundation features Higher Achievement Case Study (0)
February 2009 (3)
- 20: Be Spellbound by Baltimore’s 1st Annual Spelling Bee! (0)
- 18: Love Poetry Performance – A Huge Success (0)
- 04: Baltimore Executive Director becomes Weinberg Fellow! (0)
January 2009 (1)
- 30: DC Executive Director Featured in WBJ (0)
December 2008 (3)
- 20: The Washingtonian features Higher Achievement (0)
- 04: Higher Achievement Announces 2008 Spelling Bee Winners! (0)
- 02: Higher Achievement Presents…THE CIRCUS! (0)
August 2008 (2)
- 04: Higher Achievement Partners with Penn State! (0)
- 01: 3rd Annual Olympics of the Mind Event! (0)
July 2008 (1)
- 10: National Summer Learning Day!!!!!!! (0)
May 2008 (2)
- 28: Baltimore Expansion Underway! (0)
- 12: Here’s To Another Successful Year! (0)
April 2008 (1)
- 20: Family Fun Day – A huge success! (0)
December 2007 (2)
- 19: Fifth Grader Emily Dickson Claims 2007 Bee (0)
- 07: DCPS Chancellor Rhee visits Higher Achievement Center (0)
November 2007 (2)
- 29: Yvette Alexander Visits Ward 7 Center (0)
- 05: Scholar Featured at Catalogue for Philanthropy Launch! (0)
October 2007 (3)
- 25: Catalogue for Philanthropy Features Higher Achievement (0)
- 08: Scholars Become Lawyers for a Day (0)
- 01: Higher Achievement Launches 2007-2008 Fall Academy (0)
September 2007 (1)
- 07: Higher Achievement Featured on Local Radio Show (0)
August 2007 (1)
- 20: DC Community Supports Service Learning Efforts (0)
July 2007 (1)
- 11: Scholar Ambassadors “Do Lunch” with Reinoso (0)
June 2007 (2)
- 22: Higher Achievement Testifies at DC City Council (0)
- 01: Higher Achievement Parent Featured on NPR! (0)
May 2007 (1)
- 30: Higher Achievement Honors Graduates and Supporters (0)
April 2007 (1)
- 19: Featured at Johns Hopkins Conference in Atlanta (0)
March 2007 (2)
- 28: Scholars Debate Mayoral School Takeover (0)
- 22: Alumnus Gives Keynote Speech (0)
February 2007 (2)
- 20: February 14, 2007 – Scholar Poets in Post (0)
- 07: Defining Love in their Own Words (0)
November 2006 (3)
- 17: Congratulations to Wilifried Atchole, Spelling Champion (0)
- 16: Washington Post Features Higher Achievement (0)
- 08: Spelling Bee: Join us November 15th! (0)
October 2006 (1)
- 03: Alexandria Gazette Packet Features Higher Achievement (0)
September 2006 (3)
- 30: Charity Works Honors Higher Achievement at Dream Ball (0)
- 25: Alexandria to Launch New Center for Academic Enrichment (0)
- 12: Higher Achievement Featured with Senator Barbara Boxer (0)
August 2006 (1)
- 03: Higher Achievement Hosts Olympics of the Mind Event (0)
July 2006 (1)
- 14: Senators Obama and Mikulski Featured with Higher Achievement (0)
May 2006 (2)
- 08: Scholars’ Views Featured in the Washington Post (0)
- 02: Higher Achievement Opens in Alexandria, VA (0)
March 2006 (2)
- 25: Honoring Greg Gannon, Founder (0)
- 10: Higher Achievement Receives National Award (0)
February 2006 (1)
- 12: Scholar Poets Appear on Radio Show (0)
January 2006 (1)
- 31: Poetry Winners Perform for Valentine’s Day (0)
December 2005 (2)
- 15: Freddie Mac Awards $500,000 to Higher Achievement (0)
- 01: Higher Achievement Featured in Post (0)
November 2005 (1)
- 30: News Archive 2005 and Earlier (0)

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