…a summary of random links I’ve come across recently.
A Boston Globe article about how some non-profits compensate board members mentioned the Worcester-based Alden Trust, which supports education-related projects in Worcester and makes capital grants to institutions of higher ed in the Northeast. According to the article, the trust pays each of its board members $130,000 a year. Here’s a list of Alden Trust board members.
There was an Yvonne Abraham column about a WPI professor, Neil Heffernan, who created a tutoring program called ASSISTments that’s currently used in the Worcester Public Schools.
If you’ve wondered about South Station’s train capacity limit (and, really, who hasn’t?), this is a great post.
There was an article in Publisher’s Weekly about Annie’s Book Stop in Worcester.
There was a long discussion on the Sterling Times website about the Open Meeting Law info session in Worcester and especially how it affects three-person boards.
Jaime shared the jewelry work she and her classmates did at the Worcester Center for Crafts.
its too bad the city school administrators continue to promote barnes and noble and Waldenbooks! over local stores like Annies!
http://wpsweb.com/modules/groups/homepagefiles/cms/929689/File/curriculum-english/Summer-Reading-2011/Summer_reading_5-6.pdf
http://wpsweb.com/modules/groups/homepagefiles/cms/929689/File/curriculum-english/Summer-Reading-2011/Summer_reading_9_12.pdf