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Blog Post
In New Bedford, An Inside-Out Makeover
Zeiterion Performing Arts Center is renovating its theater, but also revamping its policies on racial equity and community engagement.
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Blog Post
Putting the GPR to Work: How Barr Integrated Grantee Feedback into its Grantmaking Practice
At Barr, we believe it is important to ask our grantees to assess how we are doing as a funder. This article shares how we approach our grantee feedback process and why it matters.
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Blog Post
System-Level Leadership that Enables, Supports, & Sustains School Transformation
Barr and Attuned have partnered over the last five years to assist New England districts through systems-level strategic support and coaching. To support that ongoing work we were inspired to learn from districts nationally that have notable growth in student outcomes.
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Read the latest Ed(ition): Our Education Program newsletter
In this issue of The (Ed)ition, we share some celebrations from the past year of our collective work. While this isn’t even close to an exhaustive list, we hope you’ll feel our teams’ gratitude for your partnership and your work.