Author Archives: Lindsay Durgin

SheShinesOn…Ashley Hannah, College Bound Dorchester

Posted on 12/30/14 by Lindsay Durgin

Q: Tell us about your work with CBD. I help ESOL students achieve their goal of attending and graduating from college. Q: What has surprised you most since starting your work with your org? The commitment of other staff to … Continue reading →

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SheShinesOn…Sierra Morton, College Bound Dorchester

Posted on 12/16/14 by Lindsay Durgin

Q: What brought you to CollegeBound Dorchester? The summer of my junior year, I interned with the COO of College Bound Dorchester and volunteered for the Adolescent Development department. After graduation, I was called to work full time for the … Continue reading →

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States Rethink Testing Systems

Posted on 12/15/14 by Lindsay Durgin

A new bill introduced last week by Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, a member of the House education committee, would offer a federal grant program to states that want to consider the number and type of tests they are offering in order … Continue reading →

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Changes to Teacher Prep Needed

Posted on 12/8/14 by Lindsay Durgin

Teach Plus uses teacher leadership programs to improve results for urban students. A new Teach Plus poll of 1020 teachers from 35 states found that 77% of them did not feel fully prepared by their prep program to be highly … Continue reading →

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SheShinesOn…Jermai Harrison, BUILD

Posted on 12/2/14 by Lindsay Durgin

Q: What would the world be like without BUILD? Without BUILD, I do not think youth would have a healthy outlet to utilize their creativity and knowledge. BUILD works with youth that other programs will not take in or work … Continue reading →

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BUILD-a-Future

Posted on 12/1/14 by Lindsay Durgin

BUILD uses entrepreneurship to help high school students start their own businesses so they can be engaged in school and stay on track for college. BUILD’s student teams are launching a campaign to try and raise a total of $10,000 … Continue reading →

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BUILD Alum Finds His Path

Posted on 11/24/14 by Lindsay Durgin

Watch Carlos tell the story of finding his path through entrepreneurship with BUILD. BUILD’s mission is to use entrepreneurship to excite and propel disengaged, low-income students through high school to college success.   SheGives connects committed, inquisitive, engaged donors with a slate … Continue reading →

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SheShinesOn…Ashley Stanley, Lovin’ Spoonfuls

Posted on 11/18/14 by Lindsay Durgin

What would you like the SheGives community to know about food rescue? I want us as a community to keep our eyes on the ball here – let’s not try and industrialize hunger, hunger relief or food rescue. The point … Continue reading →

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Assigning of US Teachers to Focus on Equity

Posted on 11/17/14 by Lindsay Durgin

US Public schools are now required by the Obama administration to put plans in place to show how they will comply with the law that the poor and racial minorities should not be taught by inexperienced and unqualified teachers more than … Continue reading →

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Harvard Launches Teaching Fellowship

Posted on 11/10/14 by Lindsay Durgin

Thanks to a $10 million donation, Harvard University is planning to launch a fellowship program for students to become K-12 teachers. The existing teaching program at Harvard is very small and only has about 25 students enrolled each year. The … Continue reading →

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