Bringing students information about the visionaries, pioneers and leaders who shape our world is the mission of Achievement.org. The Academy of Achievement if a Museum of Living History based in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1961 by photographer Brian Blaine Reynolds. Since first being established, the Academy of Achievement brings together exceptional students and Nobel Prize and Award-winning humanitarians, entertainers, athletes, explorers, public servants, journalists, artists, and scientists.
The Achievement.org website offers a collection of photographs, podcasts, interviews, biographies, and symposiums compiled from the interviews conducted by the Academy of Achievement. The Academy also established the International Achievement Summit, a Museum of Achievement (in Washington, D.C.), and Achievement TV. In order to facilitate students learning from and meeting outstanding people while also fulfilling their core curriculum requirements, Achievement TV, an e-forum was established.
Achievement TV is available into classrooms by live, interactive teleconference. Previous guests on the program include former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, Dr. Maya Angelou, Oprah Winfrey, and other distinguished people who have shaped the world as we know it.
Achievement.org features a gallery of achievers. The website states, “Here in the Gallery you can Discover a role model from nearly every career imaginable.” Students may browse the gallery by career or they can select a specific achiever to view. The Academy of Achievement additionally helps students find other achievers who are like them by allowing students to search by personality type, specific challenges the achiever faced, and even what the achieve wanted to do. The Achievement organization believes that finding mentors and role models who closely match the student’s own circumstances, talents, and vision is the most effective and inspirational way to push the students themselves to achieve their goals. 
