By Steph Primiani, Director of STEM and Alicia Cuomo, Brown University Urban Education Policy Intern Which of these math problems makes more sense to you? Combine 3/4 and 1/2.   Renee eats 3/4 bag of popcorn. Then Maria eats 1/2 bag of [...]

By Steph Primiani, Director of STEM and Alicia Cuomo, Brown University Urban Education Policy Intern   “Have you ever talked to yourself about math in the mirror?” It may seem like a stretch, but research shows that when we explain [...]

By Steph Primiani, Director of STEM and Alicia Cuomo, Brown University Urban Education Policy Intern New Math “That’s not the way we do it at school, Dad.” Over the past decade, parents and children on either side of the roll out of Common Core [...]

On Saturday, March 9, Blackstone Valley Prep will host our 6th Annual For Art’s Sake: A Scholar Art Show & Artisan Fair in celebration of Youth Art Month. For Art’s Sake is free, open to the public, and will feature art from scholars across [...]

By Steph Primiani, Director of STEM and Alicia Cuomo, Brown University Urban Education Policy Intern What were they thinking? Have you ever read a student’s response to a math question, turned to the colleague grading next to you, and asked: [...]

Last year on Blackstone Valley Prep’s Facebook page, we shared five helpful questions for social media consumers to consider before posting or sharing content online. Why? Because more people are using social media than ever before! [...]