HASI lends a hand
Parents are parents. Of course they want to help their children to learn, but some parents may not have the tools or tips on hand to offer good homework help at home. Enter Harvard and the Boston Public Schools, which have partnered again this fall to lend a hand. As Boston Public School principals, teachers, and parents launched a new year at back-to-school nights in September, the Harvard Achievement Support Initiative (HASI) helped by providing 11 local schools with 3,000 bags filled with homework enrichment materials. HASI is a University program that aids teaching and learning in the Boston schools, including those in the Step Up partnership, through training, professional development, and research-based learning resources and strategies. The HASI SmartTALK bags contain everything from crayons, markers, and magnetic alphabet letters for youngsters to play clocks, rulers, dictionaries, and calculators for older children, along with bilingual directions. The tools can help children to learn...