50 Years, 50 Stories: The Library Program, Part Two

Mar 28, 2017 | 50 Stories

(Read Part One of The Library Program here.) It was during the second year of the program that Margaret Brown met Polly Kaufman at a parent volunteering conference. Kaufman joined the program and quickly ascended to a leadership role. Though she was a library...

50 Years, 50 Stories: The Library Program, Part One

Mar 20, 2017 | 50 Stories

  In 1966, there were no libraries in Boston public elementary and junior high schools. This was due in part because in many schools, teachers could not receive funding for new books in their classrooms, let alone enough to fill a lending library. The school...

AmeriCorps Week Guest Blog – Cory Murray

Mar 6, 2017 | Blog

This week marks AmeriCorps Week 2017 — a time to salute AmeriCorps members and alums for their service, thank AmeriCorps community partners, and communicate AmeriCorps impact on communities and on the lives of those who serve. Beyond showing appreciation for our...

50 Years, 50 Stories: A 20 Year Mentorship

Mar 2, 2017 | 50 Stories

Throughout Boston Partners in Education’s 50 years of providing volunteers to Boston Public Schools (BPS), certain trends remain consistent, regardless of our programs. For instance, volunteers often connect strongly with the teacher they support, and continue...

Guest Blog: Academic Mentor Kathaleen Mercier

Feb 23, 2017 | Blog

Kathaleen Mercier has been a volunteer with Boston Partners in Education for three years. This year, Kathaleen is volunteering as an academic mentor at the Burke High School – the same school she attended as a child – where she works with ESL (English as a...