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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

By Steph Primiani, Director of STEM and Alicia Cuomo, Brown University Urban Education Policy Intern Making Mistakes How do you feel when you make a mistake? Do your cheeks flush? Do you feel a [...]

By Steph Primiani, Director of STEM and Alicia Cuomo, Brown University Urban Education Policy Intern Why peer learning? Have you ever been on a committee? What about in a study group? Or on a [...]

By Steph Primiani, Director of STEM and Alicia Cuomo, Brown University Urban Education Policy Intern Why story problems? Evan uses ⅔ cup of pineapple for each smoothie he makes. How many cups of [...]

When we sat down with Josian Quianes on a beautiful fall afternoon in a quiet corridor at BVP High School, we expected to talk about his senior year and the college application process: the [...]

By Steph Primiani, Director of STEM and Alicia Cuomo, Brown University Urban Education Policy Intern Hunting, Not Fishing Have you ever cast a fishing line? The nature of fishing is that you [...]

Blackstone Valley Prep champions diversity and embraces the uniqueness of every scholar, so it’s no surprise that the process of applying to college can look different, sometimes remarkably so, [...]