Budget for Boston

Posted by Guest Author
On March 23, 2016
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By Sam Draisen On Monday March 7th, about 3,500 middle and high school students, including me, walked out of school to protest the proposed budget cuts for the Boston Public Schools. At my school specifically, Boston Latin Academy, $500,000 was going to be cut from next year’s budget. For my school, this was particularly rough, because […]

Teen Ed wins FAIN Social Action Award

Posted by Mike Fishbein
On March 10, 2015
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We’re thrilled to announce that TI Teen Ed has been awarded a 2015 Fain Social Action Award in recognition of our MNS class & Lobby Day program, “TIKKUN: To Take on the World!” The Fain Award is given by the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, and recognizes innovative, meaningful social justice programs of Reform […]

Teen Perspective: Mariel Ehrlich

Posted by Mike Fishbein
On January 23, 2015
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The unjust and disturbingly recent murders of Michael Brown and Eric Garner have sent much of America into turmoil, as people grapple for an opportunity to change the rampant injustices that are still present in our society. On the night of Tuesday, November 25th I attended the “Indict America” rally hosted by the non-profit group […]

Teen Perspective: Abby Rosovsky

Posted by Mike Fishbein
On January 23, 2015
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This past summer, I led a group of nine high school freshman girls to live in Boston’s Chinatown, in a church basement, on minimum wage, for one week. We called this program “Urban Immersion.” Coming from a privileged school, I always felt like my school, Newton Country Day, wasn’t the real world. I was aware […]

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