Apr 9, 2014 | Mentor Spotlight
National Volunteer Week, April 6-12, 2014, is about inspiring, recognizing and encouraging people to seek out imaginative ways to engage in their communities. It’s about demonstrating to the nation that by working together, we have the fortitude to meet our challenges...
Aug 30, 2013 | Mentor Spotlight
When an academic mentor enters a Boston Public Schools classroom to work with a struggling student, the extra attention from a caring adult can have a huge influence on the student’s life. While assisting a student with reading, writing or math, an academic mentor...
May 24, 2013 | Mentor Spotlight
On Tuesday May 21st, Boston Partners welcomed volunteers, teachers, school administrators, and Board members to the historic Hampshire House for AMP!, our annual Academic Mentor Party. AMP! is the perfect opportunity to celebrate our dedicated volunteers, for their...
Jan 18, 2013 | Mentor Spotlight
When Wendell Williams’ grandson was four years old, he told Wendell that reading was for suckers. Wendell, a long-time academic mentor with Boston Partners in Education’s program, Math Rules!, was unwilling to let his grandson grow up with such a negative attitude...
Jan 11, 2013 | Mentor Spotlight
Jim Malerba is the Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at State Street Corporation. He’s also a Big Cheese Reader. The Big Cheese Reads is an opportunity for successful business and community leaders like Jim make visits to middle school classes. They...
Dec 7, 2012 | Mentor Spotlight
Ruth Chobit believes in children. “I don’t believe in the word ‘can’t’” she says, laughing. “I just tell the children ‘You can do it, you can do it!’” What she believes in so passionately is that they can succeed – at reading, at school and in life. For 15 years,...
