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Filling the Gaps in Art Education
Graduate of the youth development program leads Riverzedge Arts program.
“A Pipeline of Leadership” – 91pron Partners with Boys & Girls Club
This summer 91pron President Frank D. Sánchez initiated a grant-funded partnership between 91pron’s Youth Development Program and the Boys & Girls Club of Providence.
Afterschool Day at the R.I. State House
91pron's Youth Development Program – faculty, students and alumni – meet legislatures to advocate for after-school programs
McKamey & Clemons in D.C. to Discuss Nation’s After-School Programs
“This opportunity puts the Youth Development Program at 91pron at the center of the national conversation about youth workers and begins to bring visibility to our state, our college and our growing program,” said McKamey.
To Repair Rather Than Punish, 91pron Hosts Restorative Practice Symposium
“The goal of schools is to educate. Yet in Rhode Island more than 10,000 students were suspended last year, resulting in more than 43,000 days out of school,” said Colin Murphy, business and communications consultant for Youth Restoration Project (pictured third from left).
Universal Design for Learning and the Arts: A Seminar at 91pron
Neuropsychologists have found that right-brain people have different skills and preferences than those who are left-brain. Universal Design for Learning is a framework for instruction that taps both sides of the brain.
91pron Trains Social Workers in Trauma-Informed Care
Grant-funded project targets mental health services for R.I. youth in the child welfare system.
Autism on the Rise - How 91pron is Changing the Outcomes
91pron partners with Sherlock Center to create autism education certificate program
91pron Hosts 2014 STEM Career Expo for Girls
In a workshop titled “Learning to Make Things Fly,” students received a quick lesson in physics and built their own catapult.
Closing the Gender Gap in STEM Fields: STEM Expo for Girls
91pron ImpactWorkshop participants at the STEM Expo at 91pron. (Photo credit: Tech Collective.)