Boston Plan for Excellence (BPE) awarded $225,000 Cummings grant

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Contact: Mardi Fuller, Director of External Relations, Boston Plan for Excellence (BPE), 617-275-0782, mfuller@bpe.org

Contact: Alison Harding, Cummings Foundation, 781-932-7093, aeh@cummings.com 

 

Boston Plan for Excellence (BPE) awarded $225,000 Cummings grant

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“Cohort 17!

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Jesse Solomon, Executive Director, BPE

Believe it or not, it’s almost October. It feels like we just started school, and there are leaves on the ground. Our schools are off to a great start — students and teachers digging into their work together, a nice hum of activity.

As we launch this new school year…