Recently I had an extraordinary opportunity to chaperone and coach eight high school basketball players from seven Boston high schools on a trip to Beijing, China. The purpose of the trip was for the eight BPS high school student/athletes to participate in a basketball tournament as part of President Obama’s 100,000 Strong Initiative.
The PIC is looking for Boston area professionals to host students for the 17th annual Groundhog Job Shadow Day on Friday, February 3rd. This half day event will expose Boston public high school students to the world of work. Learn more and sign up at the PIC's Job Shadow Day website.
The Collaborative for Building After School Systems (CBASS) hosted a chat on "Reimagining the School Day: More Time for Learning," a report from The Wallace Foundation and Education Sector.
Join our Everyday Explorers in making a difference on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!
On January 20th, BYEN's Everyday Explorer AmeriCorps members will be participating in an organized service project with Boston Cares for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The members will join other volunteers in Boston for a day of community service activities at the Curley School in Jamaica Plain.
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In a new report, Making Summer Count: How Summer Programs Can Boost Children’s Learning, RAND synthesizes the evidence on summer learning.
The report explains that summer learning loss is cumulative and contributes substantially to the achievement gap.
On December 9, 2011, leaders from the state and city government, Boston Public Schools, local and national funders, and community program providers came together at the Boston Summer Learning Forum.
Speakers included Mayor Menino, Dr. Carol Johnson (Boston Public Schools), Kristin McSwain (Boston Opportunity Agenda), Ed Pauly (Wallace Foundation), and Jennifer Sloan McCombs (RAND Corporation).
This video features the perspectives of school leaders, teachers, and students from the Marshall Elementary School in Dorchester and Orchard Gardens K-8 School in Roxbury, which used Thompson Island this summer as an extension of their classrooms. The schools were part of a larger, citywide effort called the Boston Summer Learning Project, which included 1,433 students, 31 schools, and 15 community partners this summer. Launched by the Boston O
According to Thompson Island, "The Summer Connections Program is a unique learning alternative to summer school for Boston Public School students. Summer Connections offers an innovative blend of academics and enrichment activities while immersing students in the natural world of the Island's forests, beaches, meadows and marshes. Thompson Island partnered with the National Park Service, Orchard Gardens K-8 School and John Marshall Elementary School to serve 160 students over the 2011 summer season.
Tobin K-8 School students at Sociedad Latina's Summer Seedlings Program filmed and edited the following documentary about how they spent their summer. Watch their video to observe the skills these motivated students honed during their Summer Learning Program!
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