Quality Schools Program Quarterly Report – Summer 2015

In terms of the school calendar, summer is a time to celebrate the accomplishments of the previous year, but also a time to make improvements and preparations for the coming one. As ever, it was a busy summer in our Quality Schools Program. Here are a few highlights from our Quality Schools Program Summer 2015 Quarterly Report: In […]

Community development research at the Children’s Academy presented at major conference

In January 2014 we did a blog post about the participatory research that was being conducted at the Children’s Academy by our close associate and PhD candidate, Jayne Engle. Since this time Jayne has continued her research and begun presenting her findings. Below is an abstract from research that Jayne presented last weekend at the ACSP conference (Association of […]

On the Importance of Working Together

I’m not sure if the Children’s Academy parents who were doing their service hours that day were notified in advance that we’d be joining them to help level the field in front of the school. In any case, when Jodie, Michael, John and I came to work that day, dressed down in preparation for some serious […]

Agreements and Partnership

At the beginning of each academic year we sign accords with each of our six partner schools. These agreements are a critical part of our work with partner institutions. They set expectations, assure clear communication, and help us plan for the year and think through priorities together. They also help build trust, provide guidelines for potential conflict resolution, and […]