Detroit Achievement Academy has been honored with a wide range of press since we opened our doors.

2.08.24 -- MetroParent // story (How Detroit Achievement Academy Became a Yass Prize Winner)

6.11.22 -- The Detroit News // story (GVSU plans expansion of guaranteed admission to eighth-graders in Detroit schools) (pdf here)

6.20.21 -- MetroParent // story (Fast-Track to College: A GVSU Charter Schools Advantage)

6.17.21 -- Chalkbeat // story (What’s next for the first graduating class of DAA 8th graders)

6.7.21 -- Michigan Chronicle // story (Detroit Achievement Academy Pathway to GVSU)

6.3.21 -- Click on Detroit // article (Class of 2021 8th Grade’s surprise-filled promotion ceremony)

2.26.21 -- USA Today // article (School choice essential to ensuring racial equality, especially amidst COVID-19 pandemic)

2.8.21 -- Public Charters // video (Teacher highlight for Black History Month)

1.14.21 -- The Today Show // video (Teaching amidst a pandemic, Wellness Fund)

9.29.20 -- Detroit Free Press // article (Back to school puts financial strain on Michigan's most vulnerable families)

6.1.20 -- Education Week // article (Teachers grieve with students from a distance after George Floyd’s death)

3.11.19 -- Transforming Education // blog (guest post written by our Head of School, Jen McMillan)

10.17.17 -- American Youth Policy Program // article

9.25.17 -- Getting Smart // article

9.21.16 -- Daily Detroit // story (DAA partnering with Amazon)

5.19.16 -- The Ellen DeGeneres Show // video

3.11.16 -- PBS // video 

11.11.15 -- New York Times // story (DAA students participating in Detroit Symphony Orchestra performance.)

5.5.15 -- Fox 2 News // story (Mrs. McMillan, DAA 2nd grade teacher, named Michigan Charter School Teacher of the Year 2015)

1.25.15 -- WDIV Detroit // story

6.30.14 -- Rolling Stone // article

4.1.14 -- MetroParent // article

2.8.14 -- The Detroit News // cover story

2.5.14 -- The Ellen DeGeneres Show // video & video

12.1o.13 -- Fox 2 News // story

11.14.13 -- Michigan Radio // State of Opportunity story

11.9.13 -- Urban Innovation Exchange // article

11.7.13 -- Mitch Albom's Heart of Detroit // episode

11.2.13 -- Hell Yeah Detroit // article

11.1.13 -- The Ellen Degeneres Show // video

8.13.13 -- Model D & the Huffington Post // article