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5,979 Reasons to Transform Learning and We're Just Getting Started
- Authored by: Gary Kaplan

5,979 Reasons to Transform Learning and We’re Just Getting Started

JFYNetWorks is a Proven Partner for Innovative Educators on the Rise At JFYNetWorks, we believe every educator deserves powerful tools to engage students and elevate achievement. That’s why we’re thrilled to share this snapshot of our latest milestones-thousands of students reached, tens of thousands of hours of learning, and ever-growing

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Hubie Jones
- Authored by: Gary Kaplan

JFY Sits down With Hubie Jones Part II [Podcast]

with Gary Kaplan, narrated by Greg Cunningham A leader in the formation of countless community organizations This month, JFYNetWorks continues our conversation with Hubie Jones. Hubie has not only witnessed Boston history for 67 years– he has also shaped and defined the civic and social landscape. He has been a

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Society’s Strange Loop
- Authored by: Greg Cunningham

Society’s Strange Loop

By Greg Cunningham How school can be a sanctuary It won a Pulitzer Prize in 2020 and two Tony awards this year. It’s winning over Broadway audiences every night.  A Strange Loop is Michael R. Jackson’s semi-autobiographical story about Usher, a Black gay male playwright who works as an usher

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Lessons of a Summer Day, Beyond Big Papi and Baseball.
- Authored by: Greg Cunningham

Lessons of a Summer Day, Beyond Big Papi

by Greg Cunningham The many messages of the Baseball Hall of Fame Last week, I ventured with a group of friends to Cooperstown, NY, on our first-ever pilgrimage to the Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony to see David Ortiz join the 1% of baseball players enshrined in the Hall.

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Hubie Jones
- Authored by: Gary Kaplan

Hubie Jones Visits with JFY’s Gary Kaplan for a Sit Down [Podcast]

with Gary Kaplan, narrated by Greg Cunningham A history maker in Boston’s civic and social landscape It’s hard to believe one man has had such an influence on Boston’s civic and social landscape. A leader of reform in Boston politics and civic leadership since his arrival from New York in 1955, Hubie

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Inland Steel Revisited. Is education keeping pace with automation?
- Authored by: Gary Kaplan

Inland Steel Revisited

Is education keeping pace with automation? by Gary Kaplan photo by Matthew Kaplan Skills and the Workplace: The Lesson of Inland Steel was our Labor Day post in 2016. Its two main themes are even more relevant five years later: technology is transforming the skill content of work; and post-secondary

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Unexpected Lessons of the Pandemic
- Authored by: Joan Reissman

Unexpected Lessons of the Pandemic

by Joan Reissman What We Learned and How Students Benefited Nobody’s saying the pandemic has been easy. Many families have suffered terrible losses. People have lost loved ones, jobs, homes. Students have felt isolated and disengaged. They’ve missed interaction with their peers. Teachers have felt overwhelmed trying to manage online

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Independence Day-- or Equality Day? What are we celebrating?
- Authored by: Gary Kaplan

Independence Day– or Equality Day?

by Gary Kaplan What are we celebrating? The Declaration of Independence is a curious document. Much of it consists of grievances against the actions of King George III which are summarized as “the establishment of an absolute Tyranny.” There are 27 discrete articles in the catalogue of complaints. The themes

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There Comes a Time We Must Come Together, WE Are The World
- Authored by: Greg Cunningham

There comes a time

by Greg Cunningham The world must come together “Check your egos at the door.” This sign, inscribed by Quincy Jones, greeted 46 world-famous singers who showed up  at the A&M Studios in Los Angeles the night of January 28, 1985, to record We Are the World for USA For Africa

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