City Year founded in Boston 25 years ago by two Harvard Alumni. \
7 years ago CY ramped up. They used data coming from early predictions of drop out students and concluded that hundreds of students were without the support they needed. They build their Whole School Whole Child and Near Peer Relationship. Goal of 80% rate students reaching 10th grade. Now the rate is at 40%
Outside-In approach of BELL. Schools alone are not enough. Studies show that during the summer session students loose reading skills and come back worse than when they left. BELL aims to bridge that group.
SCHOOL POLITICAL BS VENTING ASIDE: I almost worked for BELL last summer. I was already hired and everything but I opened my mouth and told a co worker that I got the job before "I should have." He complained to administration claiming that he had better credentials than I and I was politically dropped from the program to avoid a threaten law suit. The co-worker who sold me turns out to have a few screws loose, and threatens schools all the time. I'm more angry with the principle who didn't have the compassion or spine to keep me on, but to be fair there is no way she could have known how off the rocker this guy is.
National average for post secondary degree is 28% claims the 4th speaker.
Here's the video but I actually found it pretty mundane:
7 years ago CY ramped up. They used data coming from early predictions of drop out students and concluded that hundreds of students were without the support they needed. They build their Whole School Whole Child and Near Peer Relationship. Goal of 80% rate students reaching 10th grade. Now the rate is at 40%
Outside-In approach of BELL. Schools alone are not enough. Studies show that during the summer session students loose reading skills and come back worse than when they left. BELL aims to bridge that group.
SCHOOL POLITICAL BS VENTING ASIDE: I almost worked for BELL last summer. I was already hired and everything but I opened my mouth and told a co worker that I got the job before "I should have." He complained to administration claiming that he had better credentials than I and I was politically dropped from the program to avoid a threaten law suit. The co-worker who sold me turns out to have a few screws loose, and threatens schools all the time. I'm more angry with the principle who didn't have the compassion or spine to keep me on, but to be fair there is no way she could have known how off the rocker this guy is.
National average for post secondary degree is 28% claims the 4th speaker.
Here's the video but I actually found it pretty mundane: