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Opening Day at Fenway 2025: Red Sox Renews Promise
- Authored by: Greg Cunningham

Opening Day at Fenway 2025: Renewing the Promise

Red Sox embark on a season defined by resilience and the enduring spirit of baseball. by Greg Cunningham In the movie The Shawshank Redemption, Red, a prisoner who has spent most of his life in incarcerated, tells Andy, a newly arrived inmate, “Hope is a dangerous thing.” According to Red,

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Living in the Post-Question 2 World – Skills Matter, Not Scores
- Authored by: Greg Cunningham

Living in the Post-Question 2 World – Skills Matter

by Greg Cunningham In conversations with friends this past week, there are two facts that seemed to have been lost in the shuffle during the campaign for Question 2. • Grade 10 students will still take the MCAS assessment, although it will not count toward their graduation requirement.• Only 1%

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Motivating Younger Voters
- Authored by: Greg Cunningham

Motivating Young Voters

by Greg Cunningham Election Day 2024 “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” -Martin Luther King, Jr. Tweet Today is an appropriate time to reflect on one of Thomas Jefferson’s many memorable maxims: “We do not have government by the majority. We have

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Kevin McCaskill, Brockton HS Principal
- Authored by: Gary Kaplan

Kevin McCaskill, NEW Brockton HS Principal, Podcast Highlights

with Gary Kaplan, introduction by Greg Cunningham The Lore of Brockton High School, Faith in the Team, and Trust This podcast features highlights from our April edition, featuring Brockton High School principal Kevin McCaskill, who began  his tenure in Brockton at the start of 2024.  Described at the time as,

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First Day of School. The Anticipation and Anxiety.
- Authored by: Greg Cunningham

The First Day  

by Greg Cunningham Anticipation and Anxiety Maybe it was the new outfit or the new shoes. Or the anticipation of meeting new friends and reuniting with old ones. Maybe it was the ritual of standing on the front steps early that morning posing for the iconic picture.  Whatever it was,

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Boston Busing, 50th Anniversary, personal insights
- Authored by: Gary Kaplan

Busing in the Boston Public Schools, 50th Anniversary

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

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The Double Value of Tutoring
- Authored by: Greg Cunningham

The Double Value of Tutoring

by Greg Cunningham How I learned that one on one makes more than two As an English major in college, I was often sought after by my friends.  Any time they had an essay due, there would be a knock on my dorm room door.  A friend would be waiting,

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Audrey Schindler, EBHS
- Authored by: Gary Kaplan

Audrey Schindler, Director of ELA and Humanities, EBHS Joins JFY Podcast

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

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Kevin McCaskill, Brockton High School Principal
- Authored by: Gary Kaplan

‘A New Chapter’ Brockton High School Principal Has Faith [Podcast]

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

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Lew Finfer, Boston Community Organizer
- Authored by: Gary Kaplan

Lew Finfer, Quiet Leader, Resounding Results [Podcast]

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

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