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May Featured Grant: BHS Social Studies teacher in Portugal
In May, BEF Board members heard from Jen Hanaghan, BHS social studies teacher who teachers the AP Human Geography course. Jen traveled to Portugal and also spent some time in and around New Bedford, MA, studying the [...]
April Featured Grant: BHS Math Teachers in Spain
At the April Board meeting, BEF Board members heard from BHS math teachers Shoshanna Kostant, Julie Padgett, and Lisa Rodriguez, who recently completed their grant "Exploring Mathematical Innovation: A Cultural and Educational Journey for Math Teachers in [...]
March Featured Grant: BCBA’s attend conference in Portugal
In March, BEF Board members heard from Julie Young and Erin Vebber, behavior specialists from Baker and BHS who traveled to an international conference in their field in Lisbon to learn best practices and bring home new [...]
Celebrating Teachers 2026
More than 150 Brookline educators and community members gathered in the BHS STEM Commons to honor this year's BEF grant, fellowship, and award winners, and to hear inspiring words from this year's Caverly winners, Carolyn [...]
Caverly Winners for 2026
The BEF is delighted to announce this year's winners of the Ernest R Caverly Award for Excellence in Teaching: Jen Nixon Mathis, wellness educator at FRR, and Carolyn Castellano, music educator at BHS. Congratulations! We [...]
February Featured Grant: Taiwan Travels
February Featured Grant: Taiwan Travels: An Immersive Understanding of East Asian Culture Emma Siver teaches 11th grade English and the 9-12 grade African-American and Latinx Scholars program at Brookline High School—a program for students who identify as [...]
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