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The Simmons Voice
October 28, 2011 |
| "Simmons College alum, Judy Leon, had little hesitation when it came to starting her career. 'My Journey with MATCH began a year ago, when I met Kate Carpenter Bernier who introduced me to the organization," said Leon. "Under her guidance and leadership, I was given the opportunity to tutor two amazing scholars at the MATCH Middle School." |
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Tufts Daily
October 6, 2011 |
| "In the period leading up to graduation, many Tufts seniors think about applying to programs like Teach for America or the Peace corps. Last year, three recent grads chose to pursue a similar option right across the river in Boston…" |
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USA Today
October 2, 2011 |
| "When Adam Evans leaves work for the day, he doesn't have far to go. He walks up the stairs at the MATCH High School in Boston to the apartment he shares with 45 other recent college graduates…" |
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Neighborhood Network News, Boston
September 30, 2011 |
| "New efforts are under way by the Boston Public Schools and independent charter schools to reduce the lag in achievement by students who need help learning English…" |
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NPR
April 28, 2011 |
| “The Match School in Boston is a really terrific school focused on getting kids into college . . . . And that's what I would like to see replicated — the ethos of possibility about what's possible for kids failed by public schools; that sense of thinking big and really doing things differently.” |
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Boston Globe
March 10, 2011 |
| “At MATCH Community Day Charter Public School, for example, more than 450 applied for 100 open seats at the school, which is still looking for a location. The school, which will focus on educating students still learning English, will serve pre-kindergarten and second-graders next year when it opens but plans to expand to 700 students, kindergarten through 12th grade." |
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FOX News
March 9, 2011 |
| “It’s called a lottery for a reason. When they call your name, parents feel like they've won the jackpot for their child's future.
This lottery is for the new Match Community Day Charter Public School, one of 16 new charters opening up in the state this fall. " |
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Boston Globe
March 9, 2011 |
| “Six state charter schools, including four in Boston, will collect nearly $700,000 from a national non-profit for making "dramatic gains in student achievement” at “high-need urban” institutions ... Four-time EPIC award winner MATCH Charter Public School in Allston will receive the highest-rank “Gold-Gain” award of $84,000, officials said." |
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Boston Globe
March 8, 2011 |
| “So, kudos, Mr. President. And you might like to take a detour before the fundraiser at the MFA to visit the MATCH Charter Public High School, which was just approved to expand and also to start a new school in tandem with the Lawrence Community Day School—a school that will focus on English Language Learners." |
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