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Celebrating 10 Years of The Big Cheese Reads

From humble beginnings in its pilot year (2004-05), The Big Cheese Reads, Boston Partners in Education’s signature sponsorship and middle school literacy initiative, hit its stride in Fiscal Year 2014. This year marked the initiative’s 10th anniversary, and with that … Continue reading

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More Than a Part-time Job

What makes a job more than just work? One answer might be when you really enjoy it. Another is when it impacts your life positively, encouraging involvement in your community. For our Site Coordinators, their position is so much more … Continue reading

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Spotlight On: Gardner Pilot Academy

For 13 years, Boston Partners in Education has brought Power Lunch to the students of the Gardner Pilot Academy (GPA). Every week volunteers from Abt Associates, The Bulfinch Companies, and Genzyme Corporation come to read to and mentor first-third grade … Continue reading

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Once Upon A Time

In fairytales, fairy godmothers are whimsical characters – able to grant wishes with the wave of a wand. They are special figures in the life of a main character that help to make their dreams come true. For one teacher … Continue reading

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Confidence = Success: A Math Rules! Story

Since 2005, Boston Partners in Education has run Math Rules!, a program targeting third through fifth grade students who are struggling in math. Small groups of students are matched with an academic mentor who works with them in the classroom … Continue reading

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