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Boston Higher Education Partnership
The BHEP is a learning community that creates a culture of reflection and mutual learning and new avenues for collaboration for its members. It is the oldest partnership of its kind in the country designed to match the strength of area institutions of higher education with the needs of public school teachers and children. Many colleges and university members have their own in-depth partnerships with individual public schools in Boston. While there are some needs that can be addressed through one-on-one partnerships, there are other issues that require cooperation across a diverse group of institutions of higher education and the system as a whole. |
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Boston Experiential Environmental Education Program Directory The Boston Experiential Environmental Education (E3) Program Directory is an online database created by the Barr Foundation at the request of members of Boston's E3 community. The directory contains a current listing of E3 programs offered for Boston's youth and provides useful information for E3 organizations, parents, prospective students, and teachers. (Source: Barr Foundation) |
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Boston's After-School for All Partnership Boston's After-School for All Partnership is a unique public-private venture to expand, improve and sustain a system of quality out-of-school time programs for the city's children and youth. |
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Experiential Education in Boston's Pilot Schools: A Three-Year Demonstration Project The Pilot Schools Experiential Education Demonstration (PSEED) project was a three-year initiative, begun in the fall of 2005, conducted in seven Boston Public Schools (BPS), and intended to deepen and embed high quality experiential education within each school's academic programs. In this report, Beth M. Miller, of MMRA, Inc., Rosann Tung, of CCE, and Rolanda Ward, an independent consultant, summarize the key elements of the project and provide an analysis of its successes and challenges. (Source: Barr Foundation, Center for Collaborative Education, Community Matters) |
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Building the Field of Dreams: Social Networks as a Source of Sector-Level Capacity in the After-School World Since 2003 , the Barr Foundation has applied network thinking to its investment in the after-school sector. This report summarizes the funding approach and lessons learned from two experiences in the Arts and Sports after-school sectors. (Source: Barr Foundation) |
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Keeping the Promise In this study, the flow of vouchers for children and families entering the child care system in Massachusetts is followed for one year. We hope the findings and recommendations will be used to improve access for families, conditions for providers, and system efficiency. (Source: Bessie Tartt Wilson Children's Foundation) |
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Building a Professional Teaching Corps in Boston As part of a four-year study, the Boston Plan has completed its second report on the experiences of teachers new to the Boston Public Schools in SY2003-2004. Based on surveys and other data, the report describes the factors that influence a teacher's decision to stay teaching in Boston and, sometimes, in the teaching profession. The strongest findings point to changes principals-headmasters could make to encourage and support new teachers, notably in giving them more opportunities to observe and be observed by more experienced colleagues. (Source: Boston Plan for Excellence) |
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Re-conceptualizing and Recreating Youth Sports in Boston Should children's sports programs be process focused? What sort of attributes do we wish to develop in children through sports? Find answers to these questions and ideas to implement them in this study sponsored by the Barr Foundation. |
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