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The latest edition of Viewpoints - A conversation with Chris Gabrieli
Initiative: Other
The latest edition of the Foundation's interactive, online initiative, Viewpoints, is now online! For this edition, Viewpoints presents an audio discussion with Co-Founder and Chairman of Massachusetts 2020, Chris Gabrieli. Viewpoints sat down with Gabrieli to discuss the current state of Expanded Learning Time in Massachusetts, and its implications on some long-held assumptions about how children are educated. Listen to a conversati...
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"A New Day for Learning"
Initiative: Out of School Matters
The nation's steady progress as an economy and as a society will end "unless we profoundly change our thinking and policies about when, where and how children learn and develop" contends "A New Day for Learning," an urgent report from the Time, Learning, and Afterschool Task Force funded by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.
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WGBH's Eye on Education airs live town meeting
Initiative: Other
The Nellie Mae Education Foundation-supported Eye on Education recently held a live town meeting, broadcast on WGBH. The special broadcast, entitled "Massachusetts vs. The World: How Do We Measure Up?" focused on how well Massachusetts schools are preparing students to compete in a global economy. The live, one-hour special included a panel of experts as well as participation from the studio audience and viewers from home.
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Dynamy releases annual report
Initiative: Minority High Achievement
Dynamy, Inc. is a non-profit experiential education program based in Worcester, MA with a 2nd site in Santa Rosa, CA. With its Youth Academy a member of the Foundation's Minority High Achievement initiative's middle and high school cluster, Dynamy's mission is to challenge, support, and empower young people to discover their purpose in life and to practice their values.
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Managing Growth - The Steppingstone Foundation
Initiative: Minority High Achievement
A funded organization in the Foundation's Minority High Achievement initiative, Steppingstone was featured in this article in the Summer, 2005 issue of the Stanford University Social Innovation Review
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Making the Grade in Room 33G
Initiative: Minority High Achievement
A story on the Nellie Mae Education Foundation - supported AP Calculus Program at Northeastern University. The story focuses on Professor Bob Case and his Northeastern colleagues, who have partnered with the math faculty at the John D. O'Bryant High School to create a strong, advanced math program. The program is a member of the Foundation's Minority High Achievement Initiative's Middle and High School cluster.
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MATCH School Tutors Featured in Boston Globe
Initiative: Out of School Matters
A member of the Nellie Mae Education Foundation's Out-of-School Matters! initiative, the Media and Technology Charter High (MATCH) School prepares inner-city Boston students to succeed in college and beyond--including those who have no family history of college attendance.
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Minority High Achievement Program Officer Selected as Judge
Initiative: Minority High Achievement
Jay Sherwin, Senior Program Officer for the Nellie Mae Education Foundation's Minority High Achievement initiative, recently served as a final round judge for the 2006 All-USA Community and Junior College Academic Team on February 17 at the Washington, D.C. Bureau of USA TODAY.
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WriteBoston Chosen as 2006 Social Innovator
Initiative: Out of School Matters
WriteBoston, funded through the Foundation's Out-of-School-Matters! initiative, is a program of the City of Boston that mobilizes schools, families and community agencies to improve writing proficiency among high school students in Boston Public Schools.
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More Time to Learn Campaign
Initiative: Out of School Matters
The Nellie Mae Education Foundation-supported More Time to Learn Campaign reached an important milestone, as it secured a $500,000 grant, to be administered by the Department of Education, from the State of Massachusetts to fund planning in selected school districts interested in extending learning time for their students. The extra time - as much as two hours per day - may allow the school day to be restructured for best use of time and should allow for students to receive a variety of classes ...
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