Category: Education

Announcing the 2024 Transformative Leaders of Massachusetts Fellows

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John Travis

Senior Program Officer, Education

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April McKoy

Guest Author · Senior Director, Springpoint

The call for transformative leadership went out, educators from across the state answered.

September 26, 2024 | Category: Education

Five Questions with Natasha Ushomirsky, Program Officer, Education

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Natasha Ushomirsky

Senior Program Officer, Education

Natasha Ushomirsky, program officer for the Build Public Will portfolio, shares what inspires her commitment to community building for equity in education and how her life experiences inform her work.

July 22, 2024 | Category: Education

From Input to Impact: Student Voice in High School Transformation

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Ali Gross

Program Officer, Education

How might students and adults work together to create excellent, equitable high schools?

June 25, 2024 | Category: Education

Four Questions with Jessica Rose, Senior Program Officer, Education

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Jess Rose

Senior Program Officer, Education

Jess Rose, leader of the Catalyze New Models portfolio, shares what led her to Barr, her commitment to racial equity, and what inspires her to support excellence in high schools.

April 30, 2024 | Category: Education

Highlighting a Holistic Framework that Supports High School Excellence

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Jenny Curtin

Director of Education

How Barr’s Education partners are using seven Indicators of School Quality to advance equity and excellence in New England high schools.

April 03, 2024 | Category: Education

Five Questions with Manjula Karamcheti, Program Officer, Education

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Manjula Karamcheti

Program Officer, Education

Manjula Karamcheti shares what led her to Barr and how a commitment to advance equity and excellence go hand in hand in the work of transforming the high school experience.

March 07, 2024 | Category: Education

“Helping people achieve things they didn’t think were possible”

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John Travis

Senior Program Officer, Education

A Q&A with Senior Program Officer for Education, John Travis

August 22, 2023 | Category: Education

Students Excel When Expectations for Them Are High

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Jessica Waters

Guest Author · Executive Director, Nowell Academy

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Thomas Brodnitzki

Guest Author · Principal, Impact Academy

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Janet Schweizer

Guest Author · Director, Evolve Academy

Three New England school leaders on helping young people overcome obstacles and pursue lives of opportunity and choice.

July 26, 2023 | Category: Education

Moving from Vision to Practice with School Transformation

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Ali Gross

Program Officer, Education

An update on the nine communities in a Portrait of a Graduate cohort as they make their plans a reality.

April 20, 2023 | Category: Education

Learning to Support Equitable School Transformation

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Kyra Caspary, PhD

Guest Author · Senior Principal Researcher, SRI Education

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Miya Warner, PhD

Guest Author · Senior Principal Researcher, SRI Education

Barr evaluation partners from SRI Education share three insights on what it takes to design for and support whole school change.

March 16, 2023 | Category: Education