Deloitte volunteers return to double their impact
Monday, June 19, 2017
Recently, Deloitte member firms from around the country participated in their annual Impact Day, a national day of service and celebration of their year-round commitment to volunteerism. Here in New York City, one of our schools, PS 188/The Island School, hosted its second Impact Day for 25 enthusiastic young professional volunteers. In fact, several of the volunteers had so much fun last year that they signed up to be with us again this year! Read full post
Team Up for Literacy: Highlights from our year-end Intervisitation
Friday, June 16, 2017
ExpandED Schools recently hosted its final intervisitation of the school year at Renaissance School of the Arts (RSA) located in East Harlem. Among the many opportunities that are provided around capacity-building, trainings and professional development, intervisitations are uniquely designed to foster an environment where school leaders and CBO personnel can learn from one another, ask questions and observe best practices by visiting schools within our network. The theme of this visit focused on how schools and community partners work together to support literacy goals. Read full post
One in a Million: Dreaming of Books, Planes and College
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
We’re reaching our 1 millionth student this school year! This blog is part of a series where we journey throughout our expanded learning schools network and get to know some of our students. Meet Elian, a 6th grader in Harlem. He’s 1 in a million! Read full post
One in a Million: Chopping onions and standing up for farm animals
Wednesday, June 7, 2017
We’re reaching our 1 millionth student this school year! This blog is part of a series where we journey throughout our expanded learning schools network and get to know some of our students. Meet Naomi, a 6th grader in the Bronx. He’s 1 in a million! Read full post
SEL & Storytelling: The Power of Comics! | LiteracyConnections
Thursday, June 1, 2017
For several years, ExpandED Schools has partnered with The Comic Book Project, a literacy initiative dedicated to supporting the use of comic books as an educational tool in expanded learning programs. In this school year, we worked together to provide training and curriculum support to 41 expanded learning educators from organizations around the city who then led comic storytelling workshops with their students. Read full post
One in a Million: Chess, Crochet, Cheerleading … and Corny Collins
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
We’re reaching our 1 millionth student this school year! This blog is part of a series where we journey throughout our expanded learning schools network and get to know some of our students. Meet Grandee, an 8th grader in the Bronx. He’s 1 in a million! Read full post
From Wandering to Wonders with the STEM Ecosystem
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
...I sat down for breakfast at my fourth STEM Learning Ecosystems National Community of Practice (COP) in Tampa, Florida last month, eager to discuss and learn from colleagues who have become familiar faces and friends. At 8:00AM, representatives from the Indiana STEM Ecosystems Initiative, New York City STEM Funders Network and Orange County STEM Initiative were already engaged in a discussion on college and career readiness... Read full post
How AOL e-Volunteers helped our students—without leaving their offices
Monday, May 22, 2017
For those AOL employees who wanted to participate in the 8th annual Monster Help Day but weren’t able to leave their office that day, ExpandED Schools had just the opportunity for them; volunteers could respond to letters written by our students. Read full post
What's Lucy Reading?
Thursday, May 18, 2017
Introducing our 2016 Annual Report, a memoir by the CEO of Robin Hood, and new Wallace Foundation report on social emotional learning best practices. Read full post
DOE High School Teachers Needed: Teach Teens About STEAM Careers!
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
The next great designer, documentary film maker, mobile app developer, artist, scientist or programmer might be sitting in a New York City classroom this summer. Will you be the one to inspire them? ExpandED Schools is looking for teachers with an interest in STEM and technology to work this summer in the Bronx, Upper Manhattan and Queens, and an ELA teacher to work in Queens, all as a part of CareerCLUE. Read full post
