Blogs

Supporting Students Every Day 

Submitted by Rebekah McKinney on Tue, 2011-12-20 01:01

 As part of our multi-pronged effort to support increased school achievement among neighborhood children, DSNI and Roxbury Presbyterian Church hosted the fall session of the Dearborn Middle School’s Saturday School from October 15th - November 19th. Partner, Fidelity Investments, offered financial support and helped recruit tutors. Thirty-three students spent three hours each week working with volunteer tutors trained by Dr. Holly Carter of Northeastern. Valerie Vasti, a new Teach Plus teacher and coach at the Dearborn, developed our Saturday School curriculum around Seed Folks, a book about reclaiming urban areas by planting gardens in vacant lots. 

No Child Goes Homeless 

Submitted by admin on Sun, 2010-06-27 11:35

It will take more than books and pencils, or even good teachers, to improve outcomes for students in the Dudley Street Neighborhood.  The Boston Promise Initiative (BPI)—and DSNI as its lead agency-- must ensure all children in our community have what they need to engage fully in school and do well.   When their immediate basic needs go unmet, children can’t focus on the importance of learning and neither can their parents.  That’s why BPI has working groups which focus on such basics as:  food, safety, health, and housing.