Residency Program Redefines Teacher Preparation and Practice
Recently featured on PBS News Hour, Boston Teacher Residency is held up as an effective, scalable model of teaching in urban schools.
What Does It Take to Bring Good Ideas to Scale?
Chris Smith shares how the Summer Learning Project helped 6,500 Boston children return to school ready and motivated to learn.
National and Local Supporters Rally Behind Boston’s Disconnected Youth
$810,000 in national funding helps stalled high school graduates jump start their future.
A Few Words with Leah Hamilton
Get to know Barr’s new director of education
A New Model for Quality Improvement in Early Education
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Improving program quality to help more children enter school ready.
Understanding Key Factors Impacting Black and Latino Male Achievement
New reports highlight challenges and opportunities for improving the academic achievement of Black and Latino young men in Boston Public Schools.
Announcing Barr’s New Director of Education
Leah Hamilton will join the Barr Foundation as its new director of education.
Education Models Worth Expanding
New education report spotlights two Barr grantees as models worth expanding and replicating.
From the President – December 2014
As 2014 draws to a close, three key decisions that will guide Barr into its next era.
Barr’s Rahn Dorsey Appointed Boston’s First Chief of Education
Our colleague Rahn Dorsey has been appointed by Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh to his cabinet as the City’s first chief of education.