Guest Blog: ASA is Back in Action

Oct 7, 2014 | Uncategorized

Guest blog post by volunteer academic mentor Tim Morris of American Student Assistance Here at Boston Partners, fall is the season to gear up for the new school year and get volunteers back into classrooms.  For Power Lunch in particular, this means helping...

Celebrating Mayor Menino: Boston’s First “Big Cheese”

Oct 25, 2013 | News

Mayor Thomas M. Menino has loyally served the City of Boston for over 20 years. As his final term comes to a close, Boston Partners in Education joins Mass Mentoring Partnership in honoring him for Mentoring Thanks Menino Week (Oct. 21-25, 2013). Throughout his five...

Big Cheese Readers Encourage Students to “Read in Between the Lines”

Jun 28, 2013 | Uncategorized

Boston’s best and brightest community and business leaders teach middle schoolers that career success is viable, but literacy is the first step. For Boston’s students, summer is here and school is almost out.  However, we hope that students will remember that...

Oh, The Places You’ll Go!

Mar 8, 2013 | News

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”~ Dr. Seuss Executive Director Pamela Civins shares her thoughts about Big Cheese Reads on the eve of our 9th Annual Gala Seven years ago, I experienced my...

A Lasting Impression

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...