Showing videos filed under: boston learning center

• Education and Incentives

  September 1, 2009

  Do incentives work? And are they a way to improve education? Well, Ayele Shakur, Executive Director of the Boston Learning Center, and Gary Bracey, Project Director of Building Inspiration to Fight Failure (BIFF) say that it is one way of motivating students. They are co-founders of the Smart is Cool campaign and have developed a model that they say not only keeps kids in school but keeps them engaged.

  • arnie duncan
  • ayele shakur
  • boston learning center
  • building inspiration to fight failure
  • Charter Schools
  • Education
  • Education Policy
  • gary bracey
  • Obama
  • Public Schools

• Palestine in Pieces, A New Education Model, and Due Process for Immigrants

  August 31, 2009

  For US readers Kathleen and Bill Chritison have provided an indispensable overview of life in Palestine for many years. Former CIA employees they have traveled to the region regularly and have authored numerous books and articles, most recently, Palestine in Pieces: Graphic Perspectives on the Israeli Occupation. They were last in the region in May.

  • ayele skakur
  • bary bracey
  • bill christison
  • boston learning center
  • breakthrough
  • Gaza
  • gigi sohn
  • Israel
  • kathleen christison
  • Palestine
  • palestine in pieces
  • public knowledge
  • real news network