50 Years, 50 Stories: Joe Antonellis

Boston Partners in Education was an early adopter of the idea that community collaboration could become a vital educational resource to students, and our organization soon became BPS’ leading connector. One of our earliest and longest-standing partners in that idea is...

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

(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

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

  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...