The closing event for the Spring 2010 Civic Discourse Series: Literacy and Democracy will feature Nicholas Negroponte, “A Mission Not a Market: One Laptop per Child.” The event will take place on Tuesday, April 27 @ 6pm at the Boston Athenaeum (10 1/2 Beacon Street, Boston). Reservations are being accepted now – at 617-720-7600. Please… Continue reading A Mission, Not a Market: One Laptop per Child
story by Andrew Clark According to four local educators, there seems to be one sure-fire way to help lower the number of former inmates returning to prison. The solution? Promoting literacy behind bars. On April 8, Suffolk University and the Boston Athenæum hosted a panel discussion, “Prison Literacy,” at the Athenæum as the fourth installment… Continue reading Literacy Behind Bars
Join us, Thursday, April 8 @ 6:00pm, at the Boston Athenaeum (10 1/2 Beacon Street) for a panel discussion on the importance of “Prison LIteracy.” The panel will feature Jill McDonough, poet; Steven Spitzer, professor of Sociology, Suffolk University; Robert Waxler, professor of English, UMass Dartmouth; moderated by Jack Gantos, author. JILL MCDONOUGH’s first book of… Continue reading Prison Literacy