Hear from staff and partners about aspirations, accomplishments, and lessons learned along the way.
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The Human Factor
Jim Canales reflects on recent staffing additions and changes in support of Barr’s mission of service
Student Feedback During COVID Is Inspiring Schools to Do High School Differently
Three themes from survey responses, and examples of how our partner schools are responding.
Investing in Leadership for Racial Equity
A call for new models and approaches to leadership development with racial equity at the center.
Designing Employee Leave Policies that Reflect Our Values
What we learned from reviewing our employee handbook through a lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Developing Principles for Racial Equity in Grantmaking
Barr's Vice President shares new principles to guide the Foundation's racial equity grantmaking and program strategies.
Barr and TNTP Announce New RFP for Districts to Attract and Retain Talented Educators of Color
New England school districts can apply for free landscape analyses to help understand and improve the diversity of their educator workforces.
Lessons from the Pandemic for Building Resilience
A new report calls for investing in approaches that are people focused, intersectional, institutional, and rooted in anti-racist and anti-oppressive practice.
Mark Edwards Joins Barr Board of Trustees
Expansion of Foundation’s board continues with addition of veteran nonprofit leader.
How Grantmakers and Governments Moved Quickly to Transform Public Spaces
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The COVID pandemic pushed Massachusetts cities and towns to rethink their public spaces. It also pushed us as funders to rethink how we do our work.
Why A Diverse Teacher Workforce Matters
Barr and TNTP discuss the critical role diverse educator workforces play in advancing equity and highlight a new funding opportunity for New England schools.