Getting to "Whole Child Time"
What would it take to move beyond a school- and classroom-bound view of where learning and youth development actually happens – to explore more holistic approaches?
Doors Open
"Doors Open" is a new short film featuring three schools that opened their doors for the very first time in Boston this fall. Each school is a compelling story—of vision, mission, and bright hopes for kids. Looked at together in this film, they are also part of an even bigger story about breakthroughs in old debates about public education.
Talking ELL's in BPS
Over two years ago, the Gaston Institute at UMass Boston issued a scathing report on the status of English Language Learners in the Boston Public Schools.
New and Refined Directions for Early Education at Barr
A 2011 strategy review of Barr’s approach to early education led to new and refined directions for this work in 2012 and beyond.
Come Together Right Now...
How has Boston thrived in a resource-constrained era of fierce political divisions?
More Racing to the Top in Massachusetts
In December 2011, Massachusetts was named one of only nine states to receive grants under the federal “Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge,” a successor to the Obama Administration’s competitive K–12 “Race to the Top” program.
The OPPORTUNITY City on a Hill
What would it take to make Boston the premiere "opportunity city?"
Beyond Silver Bullets, the Levers for Change
Risk, failure, silver bullets, systems thinking, and reaching beyond significant change to transformation – opening remarks from Pat Brandes at a breakfast meeting of the Massachusetts Education Innovators at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
A Big Leap for Quality in Early Education
An interview between Stefan Lanfer, Barr's Knowledge Officer and Amy O'Leary, Director of the Early Education for All Campaign and mav Pardee, Program Manager of the Children's Investment Fund.
Building the Field of Dreams
A new report on Social Networks as a Source of Sector-Level Capacity in the After-School World.