Institute for Learning & Development

The Center for Collaborative Education (CCE) is a non-profit organization based in Boston, MA, dedicated to achieving educational excellence and equity for all students. Since 1994, CCE has been at the forefront of promoting educational reform, increasing the number of teachers of color, and replacing one-size-fits-all performance metrics. Their unique philosophy and community-centered approach to innovation, backed by data-driven dialogue, aim to increase community voice and ownership while decreasing negative social determinants. CCE's team consists of seasoned educators, public policy advisors, and community members who work together to partner with schools, districts, and communities to ensure student success and community thriving. Through their programs, such as the Community Driven Educator Pathway and the Reciprocity Project, CCE co-creates and collaborates with communities and schools to build a better playing field for everyone, emphasizing action based on humility, deep listening, and applied knowledge.Generated from the website

MITS, Inc, Museum Institute for Teaching Science, was founded in 1983 with the goal of improving student interest and literacy in science and encouraging more students to pursue science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in their higher education. Seven prominent museum directors in the Boston area met with the President of MIT to discuss the declining percentage of students furthering their education in science and engineering and the serious problem this presented to the economic future of this country. At this meeting the idea of using museums and their educators as a means to offer professional development for teachers was born. The focus was the elementary and middle school levels ( K-8 ) where students can easily be discouraged and/or lose interest in these subjects with little likelihood of continuing or returning to them in later years. It is important to capture and nurture students' natural curiosity of the world around them. Programs inspire and facilitate the incorporation of inquiry-based lessons into teachers' curriculum and are aligned with Massachusetts Frameworks A report from the National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century states: Four important and enduring reasons underscore the need for children to achieve competency in mathematics and science: ( 1 ) the rapid pace of change in both the increasingly interdependent global economy and in the American workplace demands widespread mathematics and science-related knowledge and abilities ; ( 2 ) our citizens need both mathematics and science for their everyday decision-making ; ( 3 ) mathematics and science are inextricably linked to the nation's security interests ; and ( 4 ) the deeper, intrinsic value of mathematical and scientific knowledge shapes and defines our common life, history, and culture. Mathematics and science are primary sources of lifelong learning and the progress of our civilization.