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...
Jul 6, 2012 | Mentor Spotlight
Paresh Motiwala is a Power Lunch volunteer and has been reading aloud to a first grader, Frankie, for two years at the McKay K-8 School in East Boston. Paresh works for Bingham McCutchen, a law firm that has partnered with Boston Partners in Education for over 15...
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...
