Oct 21, 2020 | Blog
Boston Public Schools is one of the most diverse school districts in the country – nearly one in every two students speaks a language other than English at home, and students come from 139 different countries. One in five BPS students has a disability, and half...
Oct 13, 2020 | Blog
Working From Home, Inspired By Volunteers By Claire Hammer, AmeriCorps Ambassador of Mentoring At this point in 2020, it’s probably a cliche to say that some unexpected things have happened this year. No, I did not expect a pandemic to cut my year serving with City...
Oct 2, 2020 | Blog
It was a beautiful Saturday morning for the first ever Virtual Rodman Ride for Kids. Typically, hundreds of riders would gather together in one central location to participate in the Rodman Ride For Kids, an annual bike ride supporting local youth programs in...
Aug 28, 2020 | Blog
This summer, BPIE was joined by three incredible Boston Public Schools students through the John Hancock MLK Scholars Program. For two months, Sitnour, Karla and Kaylee led an outreach project to help recruit more academic mentors, planned for upcoming volunteer...
Aug 26, 2020 | Blog
“To be fair, I got what I asked for; a new environment – I just didn’t know it would be from the comfort of my own home. ” When you are applying for a job, you usually think about what your experience would be like in a new environment. After working...
Aug 24, 2020 | Blog
Like many people, most of my life was affected by the pandemic – including my summer internship at Boston Partners in Education. BPIE managed to move everything online for my summer there and everyone tried their best to make it as fun and educational as possible...
