May, 5, 1994 James A. Burruss, Haygroup-Boston & The Algebra Project INC. Accurate Empathy: Overview Definition Accurate Empathy is the ability to understand and respond effectively to the concerns of others. Empathic Understanding involves active listening and...
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Facilitator Competency Behavioral Indicators
Developed by Jim Burruss for Hay/McBer You may be having a negative impact or turning people off if you are doing: Presents material without dialogue Presentation of material is confusing or inaccurate Intervention is apparently disruptive You may be having a negative...
A YPP Story, Cliff x Omo x Bob
The following is a “conversation.” Excerpts from the first chapter of the book Radical Equations, by Bob Moses and Charlie Cobb, are interwoven with excerpts of writing by Omo Moses, YPP founder and Cliff Freeman, YPP Director of STEM Programs. As such it is a...
A Personal Story
I bring to this project a personal story of work in The Young People’s Project (YPP), an organization originally intended to promote students’ active engagement in their own mathematics education. In 2010, I began work at YPP as a high school “math literacy worker”
BPS Alum Receives $1M NSF Grant to Broaden Participation in Math + Computer Science in the District
a 3-year medium-size research-practice partnership that aims to increase the number of high school computer science teachers by designing, evaluating, and iterating on a professional development model that uses culturally relevant pedagogy and integration into mathematics classrooms.
RPP Team Bios
Shawn Bernier
Shawn Bernier is a College STEM Literacy Worker (CMLW) and Program Developer (PD) for The Young People's Project as well as a second-year at Wheaton College in Massachusetts pursuing a double degree in Business Management and Computer Science. Shawn's aspiration...
Davidson Guerrier
Hi my name is Davidson Guerrier and I’m currently pursuing a career in Mechanical Engineering at Wentworth Institute of Technology. I began working at the Young Peoples Project towards the end of my freshman year of High School, so just about 4 years ago! Honestly, I...
Taylor Brown
My name is Taylor and I’m a CMLW at YPP. I enjoy working at YPP because it allows me to build amazing connections with people near and far.
Sharif Abdullahi
Sharif Abdullahi is a College Math Literacy Worker (CMLW) for The Young People's Project and a first-year at Wentworth Institute of Technology, studying for a Masters in Computer Science. He is extremely interested in changing the world through programming, not only...
Quinn Soto
Quinn began his career in education over 15 years ago, inspired by an experience he had in high school calculus. While all of the students were computationally fluent, many lacked the ability to engage in any authentic discourse about what they were doing, to create...
Maisha Moses
Maisha Moses is the Executive Director of The Young People's Project, where her work focuses on broadening the participation of groups underrepresented in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology. She holds a master of science degree in mathematics, and has...
Elizabeth Milewski
Elizabeth Milewski has worked in the Boston Public Schools for the past 17 years and teaching science for 15 years. Mrs Milewski has a BS in Biology and an M.ED in Curriculum & Instruction, both from Northeastern University. She began her career as a classroom...
Cliff Freeman
Cliff Freeman is the Director of STEM Programs at the Young People's Project and a first year Ph.D student at Boston University, studying Mathematics and Science Education. Cliff is particularly interested in innovative and...
Eli Tucker-Raymond
Eli's research focuses on creating and understanding humanizing spaces for learners at the intersection of STEM, literacy, and the media/arts. He is particularly interested in spaces that promote racial equity and critical, compassionate relationships between...
Emmanuel Schanzer
Dr. Emmanuel Schanzer spent several years as a program manager and developer before becoming a public high school teacher and middle school academic coach in Boston. He is the founder and co-director of Bootstrap, which he first designed as a curriculum for his own...