• BLS Youth CAN’s 6th Annual Climate Summit, May 12!

    by  • May 9, 2012

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    BLS Youth CAN’s 6th Annual Climate Summit at MIT Youth Action for Sustainability When: Saturday, May 12th 9:00 A.M. – 3:30 P.M. Where: MIT Stata Center – 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge (2 blocks from the Kendall square Redline) How: Register online at www.blsyouthcan.org Over 65 schools. Event is free, breakfast & lunch included. Summit...

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    AEP Launches ArtsEdSearch™

    by  • May 9, 2012

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    The Arts Education Partnership is pleased to announce the release of ArtsEdSearch.org — the nation’s first online research and policy clearinghouse that documents the educational outcomes of arts learning for students and teachers. A first-of-its kind, ArtsEdSearch™  grew out of a need for high quality, centrally located, and user-friendly information on the essential role the arts play...

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    New Frameworks, Tools to Evaluate Youth Arts

    by  • May 6, 2012

    Nonprofits in youth arts collaborating with national leaders to research, design, implement, and share innovative evaluation methods and tools to measure progress and outcomes in the field of youth arts.

    In 2008, five nationally recognized youth arts organizations gathered around “a common desire to measure and share, with each other as well as our funders, what we believed was happening in our studios.” In April, the result of their thousands of hours of research, discussions, experimentation, and analysis were released in two volumes: The Boston...

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    NECAP Offers Workshops for Teaching Artists in Boston and Maine

    by  • May 5, 2012

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    Teaching artists in all disciplines—and at all levels of experience—are invited to a workshop designed to help them connect more effectively with schools. The workshop will focus on addressing artistic goals while taking into account schools’ needs and requirements. Led by New Hampshire teaching eco artist Cynthia Robinson, the session is presented by the...

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    Randolph Student Competes in Poetry Out Loud National Finals May 14-15

    by  • May 4, 2012

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    Join MCC, Huntington Theatre Co., and poetry lovers across the Commonwealth to cheer on Stephanie Igharosa of Randolph High School as she represents Massachusetts at the annual Poetry Out Loudnational competition! Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and Poetry Foundation, Poetry Out Loud is a recitation competition that celebrates the power of the spoken word....

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    Barney Frank – Candid and Uncensored

    by  • May 2, 2012

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    On May 3, 2012, at 8am, Congressman Barney Frank will speak at a special Ford Hall Breakfast Forum, Dysfunctional Democracy, in conversation with Callie Crosley of WGBH. If you thought Congressman Barney Frank was always outspoken, wait until you hear him when there’s no reelection on the horizon. The U.S. Representative for Massachusetts’ Fourth District is...

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    Senator Scott Brown to speak at BHCC, May 2, 2012

    by  • May 1, 2012

    U.S. Senator Scott Brown is scheduled to make an appearance at Bunker Hill Community College on Wednesday, May 2, 2012. He will speak in the Main Lobby of the B Building on the Charlestown Campus at 1:15 p.m. to discuss issues of bipartisanship and civility.

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