In their Own Words: Paula Paris, Lew Finfer, and Hubie Jones This September will mark the 50th anniversary of Judge Arthur Garrity’s decision to implement busing in the Boston Public Schools as a strategy to desegregate the school system. This past year, JFYNetWorks has featured three individuals who have had
with Gary Kaplan, introduction by Greg Cunningham Dramatic Academic Progress for East Boston HS – Future with AI Tools This month’s podcast features a preview of a collaborative presentation to take place at the MassCue Convention on May 31st and June 1st at Polar Park in Worcester. Audrey Schindler, East Boston High
with Kevin McCaskill, Brockton High School Principal, Gary Kaplan, introduction by Greg Cunningham Kevin McCaskill, ‘I know that we can achieve at high levels’ This podcast features newly appointed Brockton High School principal Kevin McCaskill, who began his tenure in Brockton at the start of 2024. Described as “…a new
The Oratory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Gary Kaplan Oratory is the most demanding of the arts. It requires not just presentation, like painting or writing. It goes beyond presentation to demand audience response. Music has rhythm and harmony, painting has color and form, but oratory has only
JFY’s continuing evolution by Gary Kaplan Just before the turn of the year, on December 27 to be exact, JFYNetWorks passed its 47th anniversary. We attribute our vigorous longevity to our foundational practice of adaptation to changes in the social and economic environment. Our programs have evolved over the years
with Gary Kaplan, introduction by Greg Cunningham Lew Finfer, Boston Community Organizer since the 1970’s JFY’s podcast this month features Lew Finfer, a Boston community organizer since 1970. In an article published last year in the Boston Globe, Lew was described as “a quiet leader who spent the past four
JFY’s history with East Boston High by Gary Kaplan Last Thursday’s Boston Globe reported on a ceremony that took place the day before at the Westin Copley Place. It was the annual School on the Move award celebration sponsored by the education funder EdVestors. Every year, EdVestors holds a competition
by Gary Kaplan JFY AIMS to Help The release of the 2023 MCAS scores on September 19 stimulated a vigorous and continuing public dialogue on our public education system. In fact, this dialogue has been ongoing at varying degrees of intensity since the introduction of MCAS in 1998; but this
with Gary Kaplan, narrated by Greg Cunningham Hubie Jones helped shape Boston’s social landscape. A personal account. This month, JFYNetWorks will take the opportunity to expand on some of the history that Hubie Jones shared with our listeners when he was a guest for three JFYNet podcasts last year. [Podcast
by Gary Kaplan | Labor Day 2023 AI disruption of working patterns is reaching into schools Ever since the Bronze Age invention of the wheel, technological advance has disrupted patterns of human labor. Manual carriers of cargo were displaced by pullers of wheeled carts. Then oxen and horses displaced the
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