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September 2005 and Earlier | October 2005 | November 2005 | Spring 2006

05/06
Robert Bowne Foundation Releases New Report

The Spring 2006 Occasional Paper is:

Hull, G. A., Kenney, N. L., Marple, S., Forsman-Schneider, A. (2006). Many versions of masculine: An exploration of boys’ identity formation through multimodal composing in an afterschool program.

04/06
PEAR Receives New 3 Year, Million Dollar Grant from the National Science Foundation

03/06
PEAR Awarded New Grant to Develop Quality SES Programs from the Nellie Mae Foundation

02/06
New Reports Added to the Expanding Research Section of pearweb.org

In an effort to provide access to the latest research reports and tools, numerous reports have recently been added to the research section of pearweb.org. More and more papers will be accessible over time. Please click here to go to the research section of this website.

02/06
PEAR, Achieve Boston, NIOST, and Boston & Beyond Release New Workforce Report

"Evidence for for Action: Strengthening After-School Programs for All Children and Youth: The Massachusetts Out-of_School Time Workforce," a research report of Achieve Boston and an initative of Boston After School & Beyond was written by Julie Dennehy (NIOST) and Gil Noam (PEAR). Click here to download the report.

01/06
PEAR Awarded Grant from National Science Foundation

PEAR has been awarded 3-year, one million dollar grant from the National Science Foundation to research informal science learning in after-school programs. Collaborating institutions are Exploratorium, Lawrence Hall of Science at U.C.-Berkeley, and Reginald Clark and
Associates.

01/06
PEAR Awarded Grant from The Nellie May Foundation

PEAR was awarded a 9-month grant from the Nellie Mae Education Foundation to create a "blueprint" for a program that combines SES (Supplemental Education Services) academic tutoring with engaging afterschool activities that increase peer learning and resilience.

11/05
New Report on Higher Education and After School

A new report by The Higher Education Roundtable on Higher Education and After School will be released by PEAR shortly

11/05
PEAR supports the Cambridge Leading for Quality Initiative

For 2005-2006, PEAR is supporting the Cambridge Leading for Quality Initiative Training Series. You can see more information about the training sessions in the Training section of this website.

11/05
United Way and PEAR team up for the 4th Annual "Learning with Excitement" Conference

The United Way has agreed to serve as a co-sponsor for the 4th Annual "Learning with Excitement" Conference.

11/05
PEAR Awarded Multi-Year Grant

The Leon Lowenstein Foundation awarded PEAR a two year $50,000 grant.

10/05
Pilot Grant Initiative Announced

Partners for Student Success an exciting initiative in Boston has just released an RFP to Boston Public Schools to participate in a pilot grant initiative that will provide a comprehensive package of supports aimed at improving the ability of selected schools to meet the academic, social, emotional and developmental needs of its most at-risk students. Grant awards will support greater integration and coordination of academic instruction, remedial tutoring, out-of-school time programming, family outreach and health and mental health services as well as the expansion of out-of-school time programming to serve more of the school's most at-risk students. Partners for Student Success is an initiative of Mayor Thomas M. Menino, the Boston Public Schools, Boston After School & Beyond, and wide number of private funders and collaborators, including Harvard University's Program in Education, Afterschool and Resiliency (PEAR), Massachusetts 2020 Foundation, The Boston Foundation, the Full-service Schools Roundtable.

Click here for a copy of the Partners for Student Success Pilot Grant Initiative (Adobe Acrobat Required)

10/05
PEAR and SEDL Collaborating on Curriculum Project

The Harvard Program in Education Afterschool and Resiliency (PEAR) and the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL) are collaborating on an exciting curriculum project. In the next six months we will create a searchable online database for afterschool and summer programs that shows information on units of instruction for children K-8. We are using multiple sources to find existing resources. As part of our project, we would like you to nominate curricula and educational materials that you have found useful. We want to be as inclusive as possible and are especially interested in the experience of practitioners.

For more information about this project, click here (Adobe Acrobat Required)

Click here for a pdf copy or here for a Microsoft Word document of the nominating form (Adobe Acrobat Required)

09/23/05
RALLY Awarded Grant to Expand Mental Health Services in Boston Schools

Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation, a subsidy of Boston-based Eastern Bank, has awarded McLean Hospital's RALLY (Responsive Advocacy for Life and Learning in Youth) Prevention Program a $10,000 grant that will help provide academic and psychological services to more than 150 Boston Public School students and their families.

Gil Noam, EdD, PhD, director of RALLY, says the grant will be used to further expand RALLY, an in-school and after school-based mental health program serving at-risk youth.

"This grant will allow us to improve academic performance, promote stronger school attachment, provide early detection of problems and more timely intervention and increase family involvement with the school," explains Noam. "We will also be able to bolster placements for after-school time and summer programming, and develop a long-term sustainability plan that can be replicated by other schools and programs."

Click here to read the press release and here for a picture (Adobe Acrobat Required)

08/26/05
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Awards McLean Hospital a Grant Extension for $100,000

McLean Hospital was awarded $100,000 over two years through the Building Bridges in Children's Mental Health grant program from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts.

06/16/05

A reception hosted by Stacey and Larry Lucchino at the Game On! Sports Cafe in downtown Boston provided guests with an introduction to PEAR, tours of Fenway Park, and pictures with the World Series trophy.

Click here to view the inviation (Adobe Acrobat Required)

2004
RALLY Profiled in McLean Hospital Publication