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Clark University leads the way on Innovation Schools partnership

A unique group of schools in the Main South neighborhood, in close partnership with Clark University, is drawing attention for its laser-sharp focus on student needs. The Innovation Schools neighborhood partnership, the first such cluster in Massachusetts, offers a new approach that allows schools to operate with both more freedom and personalization. “This is a…

Recycling Crew shares expertise with Woodland Academy students

Fifth grade students at Woodland Academy are thinking twice before throwing things away these days, thanks to the thoughtful guidance of a handful of Clark University students. When Rebecca Zilberstein ’12, a candidate for a Master of Arts in Teaching and student intern at the school, discovered the school didn’t have a recycling program in…

Clark, Woodland Academy students publish ‘Aventuras (Adventures)’

Seven Clark University students and 20 third- and fourth-graders at Woodland Academy in Main South published a bilingual paperback storybook this fall, “Aventuras (Adventures).”  Last semester, Clark students from visiting professor Luisa-María Rojas-Rimachi’s Spanish 127 class met weekly with teachers Danielle Ballon and Lillian Rentas and their students at Woodland Academy to write and illustrate…