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Media Coverage of Citizen Schools and the After-School/Out-of-School Time Sector:
Great News! $1 Million Grant from National Science Foundation
NJSACC: The Network for New Jersey's Afterschool Communities
July 14, 2010
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $1 million grant to Citizen Schools to support our science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) apprenticeships, specifically to increase computing apprenticeships nationwide.
Citizen Schools Receives $1 million Grant from National Science Foundation
Skoll Foundation
July 14, 2010
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $1 million grant to Citizen Schools, led by 2005 Skoll social entrepreneur Eric Schwarz, to support its science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) apprenticeships, specifically to increase computing apprenticeships nationwide. This prestigious grant will help Citizen Schools to significantly increase the number of students who have the opportunity to work side-by-side with professionals and graduate students from information technology and other scientific fields on projects ranging from computer game design to robotics to web design.
A lesson they learned
The Boston Globe
July 10, 2010
Citizen Schools is highlighted as a means for graduates of the James P. Timilty Middle School to become civically engaged within their former neighborhood. As a Citizen Teacher, Timilty alumnus Marzuq Muhammad teaches Roxbury middle school students about real estate design.
Garry Davis Explains Why You Should Answer Citizen Schools' Summer Volunteer Call
Austinist.com
July 2, 2010
Austin's biggest blog talks with Gary Davis, a Teaching Fellow at the Bedichek Middle School, to learn more about Citizen Schools' history in Texas and ways local professionals can become involved.
This public service message brought to you by middle schoolers
GothamSchools
June 30, 2010
Students from East Harlem's Isaac Newton Middle School for Math and Science were briefly famous yesterday after a video created through a Citizen Schools apprenticeship landed on YouTube's home page and was watched nearly 150,000 times.
Movers and shakers: Ernst & Young awards
The San Francisco Chronicle
June 27, 2010
Joe Ross, who has joined Citizen Schools as California state executive director, was mentioned in the San Francisco Chronicle as a "Mover and Shaker."
Sprocket for Reform
EduWonk.com
June 10, 2010
Ed entrepreneur Chris Gergen is riding his bike across America (San Diego to Annapolis) with several colleagues to raise money for social ventures in Durham, N.C., including good stuff like Citizens Schools.
Students 'Apprentice' in Program After School
Charlotte Observer
June 6, 2010
This semester, some Martin Luther King Middle School students went Hollywood, becoming writers and producers for a video about King Middle's Citizen Schools program.
Salemwood students prepare for high school, college and beyond in 8th Grade Academy
Malden Observer
June 3, 2010
Students in the 8th Grade Academy at the Salemwood Middle School in Malden conducted interviews with senior citizens in their community on the importance of education.
Citizen Schools: Volunteer Tutoring Program Calls on Capitol Hill
Politics Daily
June 2, 2010
Late almost any afternoon when Congress is in session, a series of receptions gets under way in the House and Senate office buildings that line the avenues on each side of the Capitol. I went to one such reception recently hosted by Citizen Schools, a Boston-based nonprofit that recruits volunteers to tutor kids after school with a focus on middle-school kids in low-income communities. They have shown measurable success in boosting student achievement with an expanded learning day, and are credited with helping to transform over a three-year period the Clarence R. Edwards School in Boston, which had been one of the lowest-performing middle schools in the city.
Obama and the Social Entrepreneurs: Boon, Bane or Wash for the Nonprofit Sector?
The Nonprofit Quarterly
June 2010
Harlem Children’s Zone, Youth Villages, and Citizen Schools are other examples of EMCF grantees cited by the White House as examples of the kinds of social innovation the Administration hopes to support.
Dancing for Diversity at NBH
South Coast Today
May 31, 2010
As part of this year's programming, middle school students from Normandin Citizen Schools and the Global Learning Charter Public School worked on a dance project that reflects on and celebrates the diverse communities connected to New Bedford's whaling history.
Education Secretary Celebrates Citizen Schools
Ed.gov
May 28, 2010
On May 19th, twenty-nine Citizen Schools Teaching Fellows received their Master's in Education with a Specialization in Out-of-School Time from Lesley University. During his commencement address, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan celebrated Citizen Schools and our partnership with Lesley, saying, "That work is close to my heart." Read the rest of his speech by following the link, above.
Tap colleges, firms for STEM educators
CommonWealth
May 19, 2010
Pat Kirby, executive director of Citizen Schools Massachusetts and Michael Bonney, CEO of Cubist Pharmaceuticals weigh in on the benefits for corporations, academic institutions and nonprofits when they team up to tackle science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) in middle schools.
Corporate Responsibilities Semantics
AMD Blog
May 19, 2010
Katherine Greenlaw reminds the sometimes-cynical corporate world that Corporate responsibility has a deeper meaning as she recounts her experience with Citizen Schools in Austin, TX.
Social Entrepreneurship, American Idol-style
CRS Blog
May 18, 2010
Helen Coster visits the Echoing Green "Meet the Finalists" night at Credit Suisse First Boston's Manhattan headquarters. Echoing Green has provided over $28 million in seed capitol to creators of over 400 organizations, including Teach fro America, City Year, and Citizen Schools. The event featured 90-second pitches by ten of this year's 25 finalists.
Engineering a good time
The Herald-Sun
May 18, 2010
Students at the Lowe's Grove Middle School worked with volunteers from EMC to WOW! the crowds with their student-created games. Volunteers marveled at students' engagement and enthusiasm for the material as students explained how they created their games from the ground up.
Citizen Schools' spring WOW!
The Herald-Sun
May 16, 2010
Durham local, Angela Ray stops in for the WOW! event featuring students from the Lowe's Grove Middle School.
Mayor gives inspirational words to Ivy Hill Middle School students at Newark Mock Trial
The Daily Newarker
May 14, 2010
Mayor Booker stopped in to the Newark Municipal court to praise and encourage eight Ivy Hill students as they prepared for their mock trial. The students are part of the Citizen Schools program who spent the previous ten weeks practicing and being coached by lawyers from McCarter & English firm in Newark. "From this experience," Mayor Booker urged, "I hope you will gain a greater appreciation for the rights you enjoy and responsibilities you must uphold as citizens of Newark."
Budding chefs try it out for judges at Lowe's Grove
Herald-Sun
May 6, 2010
12 students at Lowe's Grove Middle School in Durham presented their dishes to a panel of five judges during their 'Iron Chef' style competition. The competition was the culmination of a ten week cooking apprenticeship hosted by the Durham County Department of Public Health. Students cooked up stir-fry with wholesome, healthy ingredients and learned important lessons about nutrition and healthy eating.
Academy gives students real-life skills
Triangle Tribune
May 5, 2010
Citizen Schools is highlighted in the Durham/Charlotte region. Since it's North Carolina debut in 2006, Citizen Schools has expanded to four campuses. "We help them learn why what they learn during the school day is important to what they aspire to be and achieve as adults."
Harlem middle school bets on technology
Gotham Gazette
April 30, 2010
Citizen Schools partnership with Global Tech in New York holds the spotlight in a discussion of how to help our students succeed in a technological world which is constantly moving forward.
Active Citizenship: A new approach
The Huffington Post
April 27, 2010
Jonathan Tisch, author of Citizen You continues his outreach to a nation of citizen volunteers by telling more compelling stories of Citizen Schools volunteers.
Making ELT work in Boston, A Conversation with Boston Academic Superintendent Jeff Riley
The Center for American Progress
April 26, 2010
The expanded learning time initiative in Massachusetts schools is designed to offer children new learning and enrichment opportunities through an expanded school schedule. Melissa Lazarin, the Associate Director of Education Policy at the Center for American Progress recently spoke with Jeff Riley, the academic superintendent for the middle and K-8 schools in Boston, about what one Boston school is doing with its extra time.
Fidelity launches U.S. initiative to help 8th graders
Boston.com
April 20, 2010
Citizen Schools and Fidelity have been working together locally for 12 years. Now they're looking to turn a Boston collaboration into a national initiative. The initiative will focus on helping eighth-grade students across the country to stay in school and give them help in getting ready for college and choosing a career.
New Jersey Businesses, Education and Nonprofit organizations Address Science and Math Education Opportunities
The Alternative Press
April 15, 2010
Citizen Schools, PSEG and Novartis Pharmaceuticals host the New Jersey Summit for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education in Newark schools. This is the fourth meeting in a series of nationwide think-tanks organized to bring together corporate and non-profit leaders to discuss the growing problem of STEM education in public schools.
Leaders address science, technology teaching decisions
News 14 Carolina
April 9, 2010
News 14 Carolina covers the Charlotte STEM Summit hosted by Citizen Schools and IBM from Charlotte on April 7. There is a concern that North Carolina students aren't prepared for job opportunities in the science and math fields. One of the solutions being discussed is teaching that sort of education at an earlier age. Leaders from corporations and nonprofits met to discuss how STEM can play a more active role in schools.
Citizen Schools featured in new book Citizen You
Citizen You
April 9, 2010
Jonathan Tisch's new book, Citizen You, challenges readers to take up the mantle of social engagement by showing them how individuals are working to change the world. A member of a family long known for charitable and civic activism, Tisch has devoted a lifetime to what he calls "active citizenship," a new style of social activism that uses creativity and grassroots participation to solve seemingly intractable problems. Citizen Schools is highlighted as Tisch introduces CEO and co-founder Eric Schwarz to readers.
City Students Learn Basics of Cable TV Technology
New York 1 News
March 31, 2010
Middle school students received some hands-on learning experience at Time Warner Cable's offices at 23rd Street in Manhattan Tuesday as part of the Connect A Million Minds program. Students in the Citizen Schools program learned how Time Warner Cable help deliver cable television to customers.
Nonprofit Groups Foresee Tough Year
The New York Times
March 22, 2010
A new survey of Nonprofit groups suggests that this year will be as challenging for them as 2009, when many organizations suffered from declines in giving, delays in government payments and increased demand for their services. "We are serving more students in the places that are showing the best results," said Eric Shwarz, chief executive and co-founder of Citizen Schools. "We prioritized and were able to keep growing and adding staff in the places we were doing best."
3 minute interview: Jessica Graham
The San Francisco Examiner
March 21, 2010
The director of Civic Engagement for Citizen Schools - a national education initiative that mobilizes thousands of adult volunteers to help improve student achievement - is holding a 6 degrees of the Bay Area event on Wednesday.
Burgerman running in Boston for Charity
USA Today
March 18, 2010
Running a marathon is hard enough. Running a marathon in a burger suit is, well, kinda crazy. That is exactly what the thinking behind 22-year-old Sam Novey's plan to run the Boston Marathon on April 19 in full burger costume. Why? Novey hopes this crazy getup will help him raise $100,000 for Citizen Schools, an afterschool program in Boston. The money will be used to expand the program to 20 additional schools, writes Robyn Lee over at SeriousEats.com.
Funds sought to lengthen Neal's school day
The Herald Sun
February 25, 2010
DURHAM - Durham educators are seeking funding that would allow Neal Middle School to extend its day. If the proposal becomes reality, all 200 of Neal's sixth grade students, plus a much smaller group of seventh-and-eighth graders, would stay three hours beyond the regular 2:20 p.m. dismissal to engage in Citizen Schools' extra-hours program. However, all students would be dismissed at 2:20 p.m. on Fridays, freeing that afternoon for training faculty and staff.
Citizen Active - Featured Organization Citizen Schools
Plum TV
February 25, 2010
Citizen Active is a Plum TV original series devoted to the rising spirit of activism and the remarkable people who are working for important change. Featured in this episode is Citizen Schools, a growing national network of after-school educational programs for students in the middle grades (6th, 7th and 8th). The program complements classroom learning by engaging students in hands-on learning projects led by adult volunteers after school and supported by a staff of professional educators.
The Importance of Right-brain Thinking in Education
GOOD Magazine
January 29, 2010
I signed up to teach through a remarkable organization called Citizen Schools. Citizen Schools is a national organization that provides figurative scaffolding for people like me who want to teach (in the form of helping with lesson plans, sourcing materials and, thank heavens, classroom behavior management). Professionals and hobbyists can literally teach anything they know using the tools provided by Citizen Schools.
Staying after is fun at Citizen Schools
South Coast Today
January 5, 2010
When the final bell rings at the end of the day, a lot of middle school students can't get out the door fast enough. For those involved in the Citizen Schools program, it's a completely different story. "This program is awesome," said Dylan Trombly, a sixth grade student and participant in the Citizen Schools program at Keith Middle School. "You learn about all sorts of new stuff you wouldn't know about if you just went home and watched TV."
The challenge of STEM education
The Educated Guess
January 4, 2010
Stephanie Couch, program director for the California STEM Innovation Network, observed the truism that schools teach to what they measure. Students are given statewide STAR tests in science only in fifth grade. It's no coincidence then that a Bay Area study found that K-5 teachers spend less than an hour per week teaching science. Kids must have the time and the tools to experiment and develop a passion for science and engineering. In the near term, that will probably have to take place in after-school programs. Citizen Schools... brings in volunteer engineers and scientists to engage middle schoolers in hands-on learning. Kids learn rocket science through special schools program
Fox News, Boston
December 27, 2009
If science and math were not your favorite subjects as a kid, you're not alone. But imagine if you were taking rocket science as a sixth grader. That's a reality for some Boston school kids, and thanks to their teacher it's pretty fun. Dr. David Mantus of Cubist Pharmaceuticals, volunteers his time to get the sixth graders at the Edwards Middle Schools in Charlestown excited about science.
Living the dream at United for Success Academy
NBC, San Francisco
December 21, 2009
For MLK Day 2010, Citizen Schools and the United for Success Academy welcome community volunteers to participate in "Living the Dream" - an afternoon where volunteers work with middle school students on a series of projects including re-organizing the school library, cleaning the walls of the school, and decorating bulletin boards. Facilitated by Citizen Schools staff, volunteers will work in small groups with students to make needed improvements to United for Success Academy and share their own thoughts on age-appropriate ways students can apply Dr. King's ideals of equity and justice in their daily lives.
South Park mall's Belk holds young designers, models
Carolina Weekly
December 11, 2009
Shoppers at Belk at SouthPark mall Dec. 8 may have glimpsed the future of fashion, as Eastway Middle School students modeled hot trends and showcased their passion for fashion at the Citizen Schools WOW! event. During the apprenticeship students studied fashion trends, careers and what it takes to make and sell the latest designs, in a scaled-down simulation of the hit TV show, "Project Runway."
Students produce Biodeisel at VGCC
VGCC News
December 11, 2009
Henderson Middle Schools students were recently producing biodiesel fuel on the main campus of the Vance-Granville Community College, as part of a partnership that has developed between the college's Bioprocess Technology program and the Citizen Schools after-school program at the middle school. VGCC's two-year Bioprocess Technology degree program is designed to prepare individuals to work as Process Operators in biological products manufacturing facilities.
STEM Education: How Tufts students can help
The Tufts Daily
December 11, 2009
Next spring, the Experimental College (ExCollege) will kickoff an inaugural course with Citizen Schools, a national non-profit organization, to give Tufts students the chance to improve science education firsthand. As part of the ExCollege course, students will develop and implement a STEM curriculum in their own once-weekly, after-school apprenticeship taught at a local middle school. This ExCollege course, entitled: "Teach What You Love: Become a Citizen Teacher," is designed to bring students from a variety of disciplines together to find creative ways to engage middle schools students in an educational endeavor.
Teens go for green at lake cleanup
The Daily Texan
December 11, 2009
As volunteers gathered trash at the lake, students from Kealing and Bedichek Middle Schools presented information about how pollution impacts the environment. The students learned the information through Keep Austin Beautiful's Green Teens environmental education program, which partnered with the Citizen Schools organization at the two middle schools.
Kids become Iron Chefs to learn about nutrition
NBC 17
November 15, 2009
Students in Durham are taking part in the Citizen Schools after school program. It's part of a 6 week curriculum called Operation Frontline and is partnered with groups like the Foodbank of Central and Eastern North Carolina and the Interfaith Food Shuttle in Raleigh. "Each week the kids get to take home a bag of food that had the ingredients," said Kelly Warnock, a nutritionist with Durham County. "So they got to go home and show their parents how to cook the recipe for that week."
Citizen Schools 'Choice' times at Salemwood
The Salemwood Reporter
December 3, 2009
Garcelle Renaud shares her new skills and talent for writing in this article from the Salemwood Reporter, which is a product of her journalism apprenticeship. Renaud reports on the exciting Choice Time students are given during program throughout the week and how it enriches her after school time with engaging activities, social time and service learning
Citizen Schools makes learning fun
The Salemwood Reporter
December 3, 2009
Sophia Pierre shares her new skills and talent for writing in this article from the Salemwood Reporter, which is a product of her journalism apprenticeship. Pierre reports on the fun and excitement surrounding her after school program with Citizen Schools.
Students become 'Citizen' journalists
The Malden Observer
December 3, 2009
Calling their newspaper the Salemwood Reporter, the students from the Salemwood Middle School in Malden, MA dedicated their afternoon once a week to analyzing news, learning the elements of a news story, practicing interviewing and eventually going out into their school to report on the stories that mattered to them. "With a lot of hard work, the students put together their own stories to create this newspaper," said Citizen Teacher and editor of the Malden Observer, Natalie Miller. "I am very proud of all the students; their eagerness to learn, thoughtful participation and passion for their work are truly inspirational."
Outreach in the Age of Pullback
The New York Times
November 11, 2009
Sometimes just as you prove your success, people in the funding world, both government and foundations, will pull back and say, “We’re on to the next idea,’ ” said Mr. Schwarz, who runs Citizen Schools, a Boston-based nonprofit that provides creative after-school programs in 20 districts, including Newark, Houston and Charlotte, N.C. “With this, we could potentially grow to new communities. It’s a great idea.
How to Move Beyond the DIY Transition to Encore Careers
Business Week
November 11, 2009
Gina Cassinelli was lucky enough to take advantage of an Encore Fellowship, essentially an internship for grown-ups, being piloted in Silicon Valley. She spent the past year working for Citizen Schools, an entrepreneurial nonprofit that provides apprenticeships for young people led by volunteer "citizen teachers."
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