{"id":61,"date":"2016-07-01T04:10:17","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T04:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nehsjc.org\/therevolutionary\/?p=61"},"modified":"2016-07-01T21:43:39","modified_gmt":"2016-07-01T21:43:39","slug":"student-empowerment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/therevolutionary\/student-empowerment\/","title":{"rendered":"Working to Make Student Empowerment a Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Gabrielly Braga de Oliveira <\/strong><\/p>\n

Employers are seeking strong writers now more so than ever. 826 Boston is a nonprofit program that helps students better their writing skills.<\/p>\n

826 Boston works with out-of-school programs in an effort to make writing more fun. It offers students creative programs, such as a summer camp that combines reading and writing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe idea that writing is not always a five paragraph essay, is part of it,\u201d said Karen Sama, program manager for summer writing camp. \u201cTeachers are under a lot of pressure to teach the five-paragraph essay,\u201d but she noted the students need to learn different techniques as well.<\/p>\n

The 826 Boston program helps both teachers and students and tries to incorporate different types of writing to match the students\u2019 interests.<\/p>\n

One of the after school programs helps students with not only their homework, but also reading and writing for publication. During the semester each student writes his or her own stories. Once they are done, the students gather it together and make it into a book.<\/p>\n

Sama said once students see the result of their hard work they want to write even more.<\/p>\n

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