I graduated from Northeastern majoring in Business Administration and Marketing, with minors in International Affairs and Social Entrepreneurship. While at Northeastern I worked for a year and a half at 3 different internships, my favorite one being at Pine St Inn, which is the biggest center for homeless resources in New England, where I worked in Workforce development.
Read MoreHighlights from our Winter WOW! events.
Read MoreAll Citizen Schools teams come together to share what's going on across the country on #GivingTuesday.
Read MoreInterested in learning more about becoming a Citizen Teacher with Citizen Schools New York? Read on.
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The octopus was not cooperating.
Instead of writhing about in its tank, demonstrating for the assembled students its size and movement patterns, the Shedd Aquarium's giant Pacific octopus was just kind of sitting there, up in a corner, a row of tentacles pressed against the glass.
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Boston, MA - Life Science Cares, a new organization that unites the human and financial resources of the life sciences sector in the fight to end poverty in Greater Boston, has selected Citizen Schools as one of its first recipients of a donation to a nonprofit organization. Citizen Schools is a national organization, based in Boston, which partners with middle schools in six states to provide educational enrichment through Expanded Learning Time (ELT) programs held during after school hours.
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AT&T’s Lollie Ramirez-Bennett beams with pride as she describes the Citizen Schools apprenticeship she and her team of 15 colleagues have led for two semesters.
Read MoreWe know that performance in middle school is essential to students future success. At Citizen Schools, we believe that all middle school students have the potential to discover a love of learning that will inspire and prepare them to succeed in high school, college, the workforce, and civic life.
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We need judges at our first ever, Sugar Grove Academy WOW! on Wednesday, December 14th from 5:30-7:30PM. The time commitment is fairly nominal and requires little to no advanced preparation other than your clearing your schedule and agreeing to attend!
Read MoreThey’ll be using hammers, nails and two-by-fours, but over the next three weeks, fifty students at Joseph George Middle School, an Alum Rock Union Elementary School District’s Visual and Performing Arts school, will be finishing a semester that’s been about more than building walls and roofs.
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Representatives from The Powell Foundation had a wonderful visit with our students at Sugar Grove Academy in Houston, Texas.
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The inspiration behind becoming an AmeriCorps Teaching Fellow was understanding the positive impact and relationships I can build with my students, peers, and the community in which I serve.
Read MoreWatching this year’s presidential election unfold has been interesting to say the least – even for the most seasoned voters. This semester students at the Browne Middle School in Chelsea have been watching this election more carefully than most kids their age.
Read MoreThis year, we will be working with seven schools across the Commonwealth. Our campus teams are excited for a terrific year!
Read MoreWhile balancing work and family life is never a simple task, it often seems that public schools add to the problem. A few weeks ago, for instance, the school nurse rang me up: My 8-year-old daughter had a headache. Could I come by the school with some Tylenol?
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Since our earliest days at Citizen Schools, we have invested in rigorous external evaluation to understand the impact of our program on students, school communities, and Citizen Schools volunteers, and to identify the priority areas for improvement. Today marks an important milestone in this commitment. We are pleased to release the final report of a five-year external evaluation of the Citizen Schools national Expanded Learning Time (ELT) initiative, conducted by Abt Associates.
Read MoreEconomic opportunity is the leading domestic issue of our time—and a key to reinvigorating our economy is providing quality education and training opportunities for the about 5.5 million young Americans who are neither in school nor working. Yet the topic of education and how it affects our economic opportunity as a nation was notably absent from all of the presidential debates, which lacked a rigorous exchange of ideas on how to strengthen the country by ensuring equal opportunity for all.
Read MoreWe have expanded our partnership with the Sugar Grove and Navarro Middle Schools. Learn more about the exciting things happening in our program.
Read MoreBeing first in his family to graduate college, Jesus Rodriguez knows the importance of an education and of opportunities for kids who come from low-income families, like he did. Having graduated from Texas Southern University with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Jesus made a life-changing decision to leave a professional life in the IT world to start a new path in the not-for-profit sector.
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