Aspire Institute, Author at The Wheelock Blog

Season’s greetings from the Aspire Institute

Posted by Aspire Institute on December 21, 2017

We have had an incredible year! At Wheelock we continue to deliver services to build on Lucy Wheelock’s vision to improve the lives of children and families.

Partnering for Teaching and Mentoring Success: Life Is Good Kids Foundation and Aspire Institute

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Posted by Aspire Institute on May 10, 2016

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On January 30, 2016, twenty Teacher Support Project mentors and eleven teachers were welcomed by The Life Is Good Kids Foundation to their Boston headquarters to participate in The Playmaker Movement Workshop.

Allow Brokenness, and Welcome Progress: A Perspective on the 2015 National Race Amity Conference

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Posted by Stephanie Mireku on December 10, 2015

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Allow Brokenness, and Welcome Progress: A Perspective on the 2015 National Race Amity Conference

At the 5th annual National Center for Race Amity Conference in Quincy, Massachusetts, we all became participants in the fight for social justice.

The Teacher Shortage Crisis – Why Now?

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Posted by Jake Murray on August 19, 2015

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As the school year approaches, schools districts and states across the country are experiencing teacher shortages. Why the shortage now?

What the Wright Brothers Can Teach us About Innovation

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Posted by Jacob Murray on August 12, 2015

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Orville at right wing end of upended glider, bottom view; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina / Photo in Public Domain

How did two brothers with no formal training in engineering, physics or aeronautics, no investors or funding for their work, and no experience as aviators –or adventurers for that matter—solve the mystery of flight and become two of the most celebrated inventors of our time?

Summer Time is STEM Time with the STEM Activity App!

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Posted by Emma Turi on July 27, 2015

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The STEM Activity App is helping to get parents involved in their childrens’ STEM education.

Meet Kerry Fleming: Aspire’s AmeriCorps New Sector Fellow

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Posted by Aspire Institute on June 4, 2015

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What is your role with the Aspire Institute?/What initiatives have you been working on? My official title is Residency In Social Enterprise Fellow at the […]