Edcamp Southeastern Massachusetts

A few years ago, I was introduced to Edcamp and my first experience with an unconference. What’s an unconference you ask? An unconference is a professional development event where the attendees build the schedule of sessions on the spot! No one shows up with a pre-made slideshow, or a lecture that’s ready to go. Edcamp …

Bringing Social Entrepreneurship to the High School Classroom

Teaching entrepreneurship education in the classroom can be done in many ways.  As an educator of teaching entrepreneurship, I have had the opportunity to develop my course for more than a decade.  As a rookie teacher, I approached the course by teaching traditionally from the text book and required students to read a chapter, take …

ESSA Community Forums

The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education will be holding two more ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act) Community Forums regarding ESSA in Massachusetts.  Part of the discussion relates to what a “well-rounded” student needs. This is your chance to communicate the need for financial literacy education in Massachusetts! If you are not able to attend one …

Student Opportunity with Junior Achievement and Noonan Scholars!

From Junior Achievement of Northern New England: We here at Junior Achievement of Northern New England are very excited to offer an opportunity for high school juniors to receive support through a wonderful program called Noonan Scholars, an organization with a mission to help high-achieving, low-income students of color be admitted to a selective college …