Tips for Closing Your Mentoring Match

May 15, 2019 | News

As the end of the school year approaches, we encourage you to start thinking about closing your match with your student. Match Closure is the process of transitioning or ending relationships with your students, and as our friends at MENTOR point out, it is a natural...

BIG CHEESE READS GALA RAISES NEARLY $650,000 FOR BOSTON PARTNERS

May 13, 2019 | Press Releases

  BIG CHEESE READS GALA RAISES NEARLY $650,000 FOR BOSTON PARTNERS IN EDUCATION Boston Partners honors Mildred Avenue K-8 School and Big Cheese Reader Tom O’Brien May 14, 2018 – Boston Partners in Education, a Boston-based nonprofit that matches volunteer...

Teacher Appreciation Week Spotlight: Ms. Chavez Makes the Classroom a Family

May 10, 2019 | Blog

In a 5th grade classroom at the Trotter School in Dorchester, the Boston Public Schools’ 2019 Educator of the Year is helping her last group of students build up confidence before embarking onto middle school. Ms. Chavez has been teaching in the Boston Public Schools...

Guest Post: Thomas N. O’Brien, 2019 Big Cheese Reads Gala Honoree

Apr 23, 2019 | News

The Big Cheese Reads Gala is held each spring to celebrate the partners and sponsors who make our work in the Boston Public Schools possible. At this year’s Gala, we are thrilled to honor Thomas N. O’Brien, Founding Partner & Managing Director of the HYM...

Kaestle Boos Associates Announces Partnership With Boston Partners

Apr 19, 2019 | News

Last week, Kaestle Boos Associates, Inc. celebrated the grand opening of its new office in downtown Boston by announcing a partnership with Boston Partners in Education. An architecture firm originally based out of New Britain, CT, Kaestle Boos was excited to open its...